Middle Kingdom Several large terraced funerary complexes in Tjebu by officials of the 10th
nome during the
Twelfth and
Thirteenth dynasties represent the peak of non-royal funerary
architecture of the
Middle Kingdom. Cemeteries of different dates were also found in the area.
New Kingdom The tomb of the local governor
May dates to the
New Kingdom.
Ptolemaic temple A Ptolemaic temple of
Ptolemy IV Philopator, enlarged and restored under
Ptolemy VI Philometor and
Marcus Aurelius, was destroyed in the early nineteenth century. . The temple in this town was large, comparatively speaking—an 18-column pronaos, with a twelve-column
hypostyle hall preceding the vestibule hall, the inner sanctum, and two flanking chambers of equal size.
Fusion of Seth and Horus The edifice was dedicated primarily to "Antaeus", who represented a warrior fusion of
Seth and
Horus. This deity's name is written with an obscure hieroglyph (G7a or G7b in the standard Gardiner list), which gives no clue as to the pronunciation. Modern Egyptologists read the name as
Nemtiwey.
Cult of Nephthys Nephthys was the primary goddess who received worship in this temple, or perhaps in an adjunct shrine of her own, as the corresponding female power of Nemtiwey. A Prophet of Nephthys is attested for Tjebu. In cliffside quarries not far from the ancient site, visitors can see notable reliefs of both Antaeus and Nephthys. At the same time, the site has again drawn most of its interest since 19th- and early 20th-century archaeologists have studied the maze of relatively well-preserved tombs in the district. File:Statua del governatore Uahka, figlio di Neferhotep TRG6122b.tif|Statue of Governor Wahka, born of Neferhotep, from Qaw el-Kebir, between 1976 and 1794 BC. (
Middle Kingdom).
Museo Egizio, Turin. ==See also==