Sed Festival

Ancient Egyptian Ritual

By: Charles Giuliano - Sep 16, 2014

Sed Festival

Jubilee Year

Fifty years of rule

Pharaoh rose from his throne

Disrobed before the court

Loin cloth and sandals

Double crown

Ruler of two worlds

Upper and lower Egypt

Dynasty One

The court watched

Forming around the large track

Running

At first fast paced

The living god

Horus on earth

Slowed by age

Staggered and fell

Dispatched by warriors

Ninety days later

Embalmed surrounded by vast treasure

Joined Osiris

The young King

Buried his father

Began

His own funeral