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Abydos

by Matt Polansky

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1.
Manu 02:41
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2.
Slowly goes the Boat of Ra... 02:10
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3.
Ubastat 02:37
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4.
First Hour: Watercourse of Ra 02:12
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5.
Sa & the Opener of Ways 03:05
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Shemayet 01:38
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Second Hour: Ur-nes 04:08
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Khonsu 02:52
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Third Hour: Watercourse of the Only God 04:52
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10.
Imentet 01:11
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Wsjr 03:09
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Forth Hour: Living One of Forms 01:02
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13.
Sekhemus 03:05
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14.
Mouth of the Tomb 04:36
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15.
Fifth Hour: Hidden 01:48
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16.
Realm of Night and Darkness 02:47
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17.
Seker 02:44
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18.
Khepri 00:47
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Sixth Hour: Abyss of Waters 06:42
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Taweret 03:11
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Seventh Hour: Secret Cavern 03:27
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Apep 02:36
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23.
Aset 02:26
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24.
Mehen 03:04
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25.
Heru 03:27
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Eighth Hour: Sarcophagus of the Gods 01:51
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27.
Meret 01:50
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Ninth Hour: Procession of Images 04:32
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29.
Anpu 03:11
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Tenth Hour: Abyss of Waters, Lofty of Banks 06:24
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31.
Heqet 03:20
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32.
Iat 03:01
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33.
Hathor 02:28
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34.
Eleventh Hour: Mouth of the Cavern 02:36
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35.
Cavern Deities 01:28
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36.
Sekhmet 03:02
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37.
Twelfth Hour: Darkness has Fallen and Birth Shines Forth 01:02
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38.
Bakhu 01:27
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about

In an attempt to bridge cultural gaps by combining country & surf instrumentation with world instruments and sounds. Abydos follows the Ancient Egyptian sun god Ra on his nighttime journey through the Duat; the underworld, a myth that's unfathomably old.

This album is named after Abydos, one of the oldest and most important sites of ancient Egypt. Located on the west bank of the Nile, the sacred city overlooks a desert valley once thought to offer passage to the realm of the dead and where Ra would have started his nighttime journey. With its valuable inscriptions and numerous funerary monuments, Abydos has perhaps contributed more than any other site in Egypt to our understanding of the history of state formation, linguistic development, and architecture in Ancient Egypt.

Today, converging factors are putting the site’s future at risk. Abydos is under pressure from urban and agricultural encroachment, generating new conservation challenges that range from illegal dumping to a rising water table. At the same time, inadequate tourism management has left key heritage resources underprotected from visitor impacts. In recent years, looting has reemerged as a threat to both ancient architecture and archaeological remains.

www.wmf.org/project/abydos

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released September 1, 2023

All music by Matt Polansky
Sistrum provided by Spivkurl on Looperman

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