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SOME NEW EVIDENCE FOR THE KHOIAK FEAST AT THEBES

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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This article is based on the author recent discovery of the Osirian catacomb of Qurnet Murai at
Thebes (Abou Zaid, O., A New Discovery of Catacomb in Qurnet Murai at Thebes. BIFAO 117
(2017) pp. 9-24, Pls. 1 [a-d] - 3 [a-c]). Many texts and reliefs from Thebes illustrate the Khoiak
feast, but there is no real evidence for where this event took place in the Theban region. The new
discovery of the Osirian catacomb has revealed the actual site where this feast was celebrated. In
this paper, therefore, I will propose the route of this feast according to the new discovery of the
catacomb, comparing it with festival routes of similar places, such as Abydos (the route from the
temple to the tomb), along with various aspects of the Dendara enactment of the feast.

DOI

10.21608/ejars.2019.38443

Keywords

Khoiak feast, Ptah, Sokar, Osiris, route, Osirian, Catacomb, Shetayt, episode

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Abou Zaid

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O.

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Egyptology dept., Faculty of Archaeology, Aswan Univ., Aswan, Egypt

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omarabouzaid76@gmail.com

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9

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6180

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2019-06-01

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2018-06-27

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2019-06-01

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61

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68

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2090-4932

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2090-4940

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Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies

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SOME NEW EVIDENCE FOR THE KHOIAK FEAST AT THEBES

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22 Jan 2023