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French to English: Karnak, Amon-Ré: la genèse d’un temple, la naissance d’un dieu General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Archaeology
Source text - French L’ancienneté du temple de Karnak et la genèse du culte d’Amon ont longtemps fait l’objet de débats aux conclusions incertaines, faute d’indices déterminants, mais il est désormais possible de proposer de nouvelles hypothèses sur le développement du site et l’essor du culte d’Amon.
Le Nil a connu des changements importants de son cours et il semble que le site de Karnak, primitivement situé rive gauche, soit devenu une île inhabitée durant l’Ancien Empire. Sous la XIe dynastie, après le rattachement de l’île à la rive droite, les nouveaux dynastes thébains mirent à profit les terres émergées pour édifier un sanctuaire, consacré à Amon-Rê, garant de leur légitimité.
Cette divinité, quoique nouvelle, n’a pas été élaborée ex nihilo : elle synthétise le concept memphito-héliopolitain d’Imn, caché, la dimension solaire empruntée à Rê-Atoum d’Héliopolis, l’iconographie et les liturgies coptites du dieu Min.
Amon-Rê devint ainsi, pour ces souverains originaires du Sud, le dieu qu’ils avaient révélé et que les rois précédents n’avaient pas su reconnaître.
Translation - English Resulting from a lack of conclusive evidence, the age of the temple at Karnak and the origin of the Amun cult have long been subjects of debate, but it recently has become possible to propose a couple of new hypotheses on the development of the site and the rise of the Amun cult.
The course of the Nile has dramatically fluctuated over time and the site of the temple at Karnak, situated at one point on the left bank, seems to have been a deserted island in the Old Kingdom. Following the merging of this island with the right bank during the eleventh Dynasty, the new Theban kings made use of the reclaimed land by dedicating a sanctuary to Amun-Re, the source of their legitimacy.
While this divinity was new, it was not completely unprecedented. Amun-Re combined the Memphite-Heliopolitan concept of hiddenness (imn) and the solar aspect of Re-Atum from Heliopolis with the iconography and liturgies of Min from Coptos.
Amun-Re was for these southern kings the god which their predecessors had been unable to comprehend, but which they managed to make known.
German to English: Der große Pylon des Horus-Tempels von Edfu: Architektur und Bautechnik eines monumentalen Torbaus der Ptolemaierzeit General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Archaeology
Source text - German In der oberägyptischen Stadt Edfu, 110 km flussaufwärts von Luxor gelegen, steht der am vollständigsten erhaltene Tempel des Alten Ägyptens. Das dem Horus geweihte Heiligtum wurde 237 v. Chr. unter Ptolemaios III. begonnen und in mehreren Bauphasen fertiggestellt. Als Letztes begann man 116 v. Chr. mit der Hofumfassung und dem monumentalen Pylonen, der mit über 32 m Höhe den Tempel und die ihn umgebende Stadt überragt. Die geschlossene Fassade des Torbaus erweckt den Eindruck, dass es sich wie bei den Pylonen des Neuen Reiches um eine massive Konstruktion handelt. Dies hat dazu beigetragen, dass die bisherige Forschung das Innere des Bauwerks unbeachtet gelassen hat. Tatsächlich handelt es sich um ein achtgeschossiges Bauwerk mit zwei Treppenhäusern und 36 Innenräumen.
Translation - English In the Upper Egyptian city of Edfu, 110 km upriver from Luxor, stands the most well preserved of all ancient Egyptian temples. Construction of the sanctuary, dedicated to Horus, began under Ptolemy III in 237 BC and was brought to completion in several stages. Built in 116 BC, the last elements to be added were the walls around the central courtyard and the monumental pylons which tower above the temple and the surrounding city at a height of over 32 m. Similar to the New Kingdom pylons, the closed facade of the gatehouse gives the impression of this being a massive construction. This no doubt contributed to the fact that researchers have until now paid no attention to the interior of the building. The structure in fact has eight stories, two stairwells, and 36 rooms.
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Justin is a professional field archaeologist specializing in geographical information systems, remote sensing, and pedestrian survey. He has degrees from McGill and the University of Chicago. His focus happens to be on ancient Egypt, so he frequently works with scholarship in English, French, and German.
Justin est archéologue professionnel spécialisé en systèmes d’information géographique, télédétection et prospection au sol. Il est diplômé de l’Université McGill et de l’Université de Chicago. Son champ d’étude principal étant l’Egypte ancienne, il travaille fréquemment avec des recherches scientifiques rédigées en langue anglaise, française et allemande.
Justin ist professioneller Archäologe spezialisiert in Geoinformationssysteme, Fernerkundung und Prospektion. Er hat einen Abschluss von der Universität McGill und der Universität von Chicago. Weil sein Hauptstudienfach ist eigentlich der alten Ägypten, er arbeitet häufig mit wissenschaftliche Forschung in englischer, französischer und deutscher Sprache.
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