Trajan’s shrine
The parquet stations were resting for the deity’s statue when travelling outside the temple during the festival processions. The deity will inhabit this temporary shrine and bestow blessings on the locals.
The first stop was usually inside the temple and the second outside the edifice walls. Other stations were built at greater distances along the procession path up and down the Nile. Some were just a few miles away, such as the Opet Festival from Karnak to Luxor. Other festival processions travelled great distances, such as 106 miles during the Feast of Divine Union when the goddess Hathor travelled from Dendera to the Temple of Horus in Edfu.
The parquet stations were resting for the deity’s statue when travelling outside the temple during the festival processions. The deity will inhabit this temporary shrine and bestow blessings on the locals.
The first stop was usually inside the temple and the second outside the edifice walls. Other stations were built at greater distances along the procession path up and down the Nile. Some were just a few miles away, such as the Opet Festival from Karnak to Luxor. Other festival processions travelled great distances, such as 106 miles during the Feast of Divine Union when the goddess Hathor travelled from Dendera to the Temple of Horus in Edfu.
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