Beautiful Festival of the Valley

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Theban festival ancient Egyptian religious festival

The Beautiful Festival of the Valley was an important ancient Egyptian religious celebration in which Amun and other deities were carried in procession from Karnak to the west bank of Thebes to honor the dead and reunite them symbolically with the living.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Beautiful Feast of the Valley 2
Beautiful Feast of the Valley (regional variants) 1
Beautiful Feast of the Valley (via Hathor) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Theban festival ⓘ
ancient Egyptian religious festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Feast of the Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDeity Khonsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theban Triad NERFINISHED ⓘ
other Theban gods ⓘ
associatedSite Deir el-Bahri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luxor Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temple of Amun at Karnak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theban Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
private tomb chapels on the west bank ⓘ
calendar ancient Egyptian civil calendar ⓘ
centeredOn cult of Amun at Karnak NERFINISHED ⓘ
country ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance one of the most important local festivals of Thebes ⓘ
strengthened ties between living families and their deceased relatives ⓘ
depictedIn Theban tomb paintings ⓘ
temple reliefs at Karnak ⓘ
temple reliefs at Luxor ⓘ
earliestAttestation Middle Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
linkedConcept ancestor veneration ⓘ
divine presence in the necropolis ⓘ
mortuary cult ⓘ
renewal of kingship ⓘ
location Karnak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
west bank of Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorPeriodOfCelebration 18th Dynasty ⓘ
19th Dynasty ⓘ
20th Dynasty ⓘ
month second month of Shemu ⓘ
primaryDeity Amun NERFINISHED ⓘ
processionFrom Karnak Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
processionTo necropolis on the west bank of Thebes ⓘ
purpose to honor the dead ⓘ
to renew bonds between families and their ancestors ⓘ
to reunite the dead symbolically with the living ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
ritualElement feasting with the dead ⓘ
music and dancing ⓘ
offerings at tombs ⓘ
oracular appearances of Amun ⓘ
procession of divine barks ⓘ
visits to tomb chapels ⓘ
season Shemu NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancient Egyptian religion → hasFestival → Beautiful Festival of the Valley ⓘ
Niwt-Imn → notableFestival → Beautiful Festival of the Valley ⓘ
Lady of Dendera → associatedFestival → Beautiful Festival of the Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beautiful Feast of the Valley (via Hathor)
Iunet → associatedWithFestival → Beautiful Festival of the Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beautiful Feast of the Valley (regional variants)
Theban Triad → festival → Beautiful Festival of the Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beautiful Feast of the Valley
Ipet-isut → associatedFestival → Beautiful Festival of the Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beautiful Feast of the Valley