Built in 15 B.C., it was commissioned by Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus after his summit meeting with Kandake Amanirenas and her entourage. As part of their agreement, the Emperor agreed to erect this miniature home of the gods to honor the two sons of a locally famous Nubian leader. The boys Pahor and Pedese had drowned in the Nile and, following traditional Egyptian-Meroitic custom, had been deified. On the temple's walls, Caesar Augustus himself is also depicted, worshipping these local deities. During the lifetimes of Amanirenas and Octavian, yearly rituals were celebrated in the emperor's name to honor the brothers. Visitors to the Temple of Dendur can still see the hieroglyphs that refer to the Emperor as "pharaoh" and as "Caesar."
Amanirena's exciting, seldom-told story is excerpted from Vicki Leon's book, Working IX to V , available in softcover and as an ebook. To get a free sample or download of this book and others by Vicki Leon, please visit www.vickileon.com.
Special thanks to Adrienne Mayor and her new book, The Amazons: Lives & Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World (Princeton University Press, 2014). Vicki Leon reviews this book in Inked Amazons: Passionate Warrior Women Who Loved Cannabis, Battle-axes, Booty & Bling.
Image layouts and collages by Meryl Ann Butler, Managing Editor, OEN.
OEN Managing Editor Meryl Ann Butler interviewed Vicki here:
Uppity Women in History/Herstory: Interview with Author Vicki Leon
Uppity woman Vicki Leon is the author of a series of inspiring books about "Uppity Women" through the ages. Engaging and humorous, as well as enlightening, the books are based on her meticulous research, yet it seems so very wrong to call them "HIS-torical." In this OpEdNews interview, Leon shares some of her uppity women stories, and how she started on the path to track them down.
Vicki's monthly Uppity Women Series was announced in this article by OEN Managing Editor Meryl Ann Butler:
Announcing Uppity Women Wednesdays at OEN.
This article announces the OEN series with author Vicki Leà ³n and features a pair of exciting stories about two inspiring matriots and how they helped change the course of American history - young Revolutionary horsewomen, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington and 22-year-old Deborah Champion.
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