Hatshepsut at Karnak: A Woman under God’s Commands

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L'implantation du temple : contraintes religieuses et géomorphologiques

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Mise au point sur l'orientation du temple d'Amon-Rê à Karnak en direction du lever de soleil au solstice d'hiver

International audienceIn 1993, it had been proposed that the main axis of temple of Amon-Ra of Sesostris I had been precisely oriented on the point where the sun used to rise in these days at the winter solstice. The hypothesis has been challenged by J.A. Belmonte (in 2005 and 2006) and by R. Krauss (in 2006). As a response, precision are given here on the state of preservation of the remains which allowed the determination of the axis, on the exact phenomenon taken into account, on the question of the influence of the extinction and of the refraction, and, at the end, on the relation between the temple and the general urbanistic grid of the town which surrounded it since the Middle Kingdom. The conclusion of this reexamination is that the theory of an orientation to the sun rise at winter solstice is reinforced

Amon-Rê pȝ mry nfr et Amon mry (nṭr) pȝ nbj nfrw au temple de Deir al-Medina

Two peculiar designations of the god Amon, restricted to the temple of Deir al-medina are examined, and put in correspondance with the genesic power of the god of Karnak.E PETIT TEMPLE DE DEIR AL-MEDINA est voué au culte de plusieurs divinités : Hathor, Maât, Osiris et aussi, bien évidemment, Amon 1. Ce dernier y occupe même – comme presque partout ailleurs sur le territoire de Thèbes –, une place prépondérante, notam-ment dans la chapelle axiale. Il n'en est pas moins mentionné un peu partout dans l'édifice, avec, d'ailleurs, nombre de variantes dans sa titulature et ses épithètes. Dans le petit résumé de théologie thébaine que constitue ainsi le programme décoratif du temple, ces variantes sont, il est vrai, souvent banales 2. On en relève néanmoins quelques-unes qui ne sont pas sans intérêt, et leur rareté justifie qu'on s'y arrête un peu. Celles qui retiendront notre attention ici sont deux épithètes peu communes qui se rapportent apparemment à la fonction génésique du dieu, évoquée sous une forme plutôt originale : Jmn-R© p "-mry-nfr (n os 81, 1 ; 85 ; 88, 15 ; 113, 1) : • 81, 1 : 3 (embrasure de la porte de la chapelle nord). • 85 : (frise de la paroi nord de la chapelle nord). • 88, 15 : (2 e Amon de la paroi sud de la chapelle nord)

Un assemblage au nom d'Amenemhat Ier dans les magasins du temple de Louxor

Two broken limestone slabs, stored in the Luxor temple magazine and carefully documented by the team of the Chicago Oriental Institute, bear fragments of the titulatury of king Amenemhet Ist. As the blocks have apparently been sawn and recut, they can be considered as reused material, and may have been brought from other sites of the theban area. It is a matter of fact that several pieces found in the vicinity of Luxor temple precisely originate from Karnak. It is also well known that Amenemhet Ist worked at Karnak and, significantly, dedicated there a granit naos-basis for the sacred sanctuary of god Amun-Râ. On the other hand, no archeological element can guaranty that the temple of Luxor could be older than the reign of Sobekhotep II, and nothing can of course be there related to that of Amenemhat Ist. I would consider it plausible that the two blocks published here in memory of Bill Murnane -- who had mentionned to me their existence -- constitute the remains of one of the oldest temple dedicated to Amun at Karnak.They would have reappeared after the dismantling of the sanctuary and the subsequent recuperation of the building material, brough then to the site of Luxor

Une Stèle au nom du soldat Sa-Pa-ïr dédiée par son frère, le prêtre-pur Men-kheper

Publication of a stela from a private collection, probably originating from Abydos, dedicated by a wâb-priest named Men-kheper to his deceased brother, the " soldier of His Majesty " Sa-pa-ïr and mentionning also the spouse, Hor-em-usekhet, and the daughter, Ti-her-Râ (?), of the last.Publication d'une stèle d'une collection privée, sans doute originaire d'Abydos, dédiée par un prêtre-ouâb nommé Men-kheper à son frère défunt, le " soldat de Sa Majesté " Sa-pa-ïr et mentionnant encore l'épouse, Mout-em-ousekhet, et la fille, Ti-her-Râ (?), de ce dernier

De la soi-disant "arche" en granit de Thoutmosis III à Karnak

International audienceThe recently postulated granit " arch " of Thutmosis III before the VIth pylon at Karnak may have never existed. An architectural detail reveals that the central sandstone gate with its caveto cornice either preexited, either was contemporary to the granit massonnery which surrounds it. So there was never any free standing granit " arch ", but a much more classical one-tower pylon with its gate. Few extra observations give complementary informations on the monument

"L'horizon d'Aton", exactement ?

Hypothèse que le petit temple d'Aton à Tell el-Amarna ait été orienté en visant le point où se levait le soleil à la date qui figure sur les stèles de l'an 5 et de l'an 6 d'Akhénaton

Single-frame measurement of the complete spatio-temporal intensity and phase of ultrashort laser pulse(s) using wavelength-multiplexed digital holography

We show that a simple (few-element) arrangement for wavelength-multiplexed digital holography allows the measurement of the electric field E͑x , y , t͒ of a femtosecond laser pulse on a single shot. A slightly rotated twodimensional diffractive optical element and a variable-wavelength filter together generate multiple spectrally resolved digital holograms that are simultaneously captured in a single frame by a digital camera. An additional simultaneous measurement of the spectral phase for a spatially filtered replica of the pulse with frequency-resolved optical gating completes this three-dimensional measurement. An experimental implementation of the technique is presented and its current limitations are discussed