The lost temple of Thonis of Khonsu

The lost temple of Thonis of Khonsu

The temple of Thonis of Khonsu son of Amun known to the Greeks as Heracles The complex of Khonsu temples at Karnak centered in the Ramsesside period was dedicated to Osiris and other gods attracting ancient Egyptian priests and the people of the land at large People devoted themselves to the rituals of the temple of Thonis of Khonsu mentioned in the Pyramid Texts and the Sarcophagus Texts. The supreme deity of the ancient Egyptians was located in the center of the city. The temple was built and restored in the 4th century BC The Mystery of Osiris at Thonis-Heracleion took place every year during the month of Koiach including underwater artifacts statues of Osiris and pottery Fragments of the temple at Thonis-Heracleion in the ritual boat of Khonsu were devoted to Osiris The worship of Amun as the father of Khonsu was carried out in many ways Offerings and statues as well as people of the time were taken to other city shrines in Canopus

Mut and Amun the father and mother of the triad are the essential tools of the creation of new life in all living things Konshu the moon god of ancient Egypt means traveler the moon god the journey of the moon through the night sky along with Thoth symbolizing the passage of time by the moon. Konshu is mentioned until the New Kingdom Creation myths describe the lunar universe in the creation of the world with a great primitive serpent The staff necklace with a staff and a club decorated with a moon disk and a crescent moon is closely associated with other gods The fierce nature is associated with the protector and healer in the form of a falcon's head and like Horus

reek troops went to defend the city that had been used to unify northeastern Egypt as the main waterway to the central ports of the river. / Lost Army of Cambyses

Beginning with the reigns of Pharaohs Taharqa and Tantamani, the Neo-Assyrians conquered Egypt during the 25th Dynasty the last indigenous dynasty of ancient Egypt before the Persian conquest in 525. The 26th Dynasty of Egypt under Emperor Cambyses II was the first Achaemenid conquest of Egypt until the Psomtic pharaohs employed Greek soldiers to defend the city that was used to unite Egypt to the northeast as the main waterway to the central port the Canopic River. The importance seems to have been a defensive fortress or large Greek fortress 5–4 BC including the protection of the city center of Sais in the Nile Delta

Thonis - Heraklion / image : brewminate

All under the rule of the Psemtic Pharaohs in defending against the Persian invasion in late Egypt including the attempts of the Babylonians to conquer and seize power in the East until "Pharaoh Apis" was able to stop with the help of Greek mercenaries under the leadership of Nebu Chadnezzar II from Babylon in the city of Nineveh being sacked the ancient city of the Assyrians in 612 BC until the Neo-Assyrian Empire collapsed

Archaeological excavations have uncovered monuments including a statue of the Khonsu-Herakles temple north of the temple of Amun-Gereb on the central island of the city of Thonis-Heracleion amulets representing Shu a wadjeteye a papyrus pillar-wadja inscribed tablets a bronze headdress with traces of the ancient god Khonsu a crown of headdress characteristic of Nemes. In the temple area several well-preserved Khonsu relics were also found It was transformed into the underwater sanctuary of Consu-Heracles