Façade of Great Temple--Abu Simbel
Façade of Great Temple at Abu Simbel
Entrance of Great Temple. I was told that travellers slept, with their animals, inside the temple after it was abandoned.
Seated Ramesses in "middle age."
Seated Ramesses in "middle age."
Cartouche of Ramesses II.
Inside the Great Temple.
Inside the Great Temple. Statue of Ramesses II on interior column.
Inside the Great Temple. Statue of Ramesses II on interior column.
Inside the Great Temple. Picture taken with available light of inner sanctuary. [Probably would have been a great picture 15 years later with a digital…
Inside the Great Temple. Picture taken with available light of inner sanctuary.
Inside the Great Temple. Wall picture: Hathor and Horus giving "life" to Ramesses.
Inside the Great Temple. Wall picture: Hathor and Horus giving "life" to Ramesses.
nside the Great Temple. Wall picture: Offering of bread by Ramesses.
Inside the Great Temple. Wall picture: Ramesses the warrior.
Inside the Great Temple. Statues attached to columns. (I later found out that is the "standard." The main hall usually has statues on each column.)
The Great Temple. (a) wife and children of Ramesses II.
The Great Temple. Horus
The "Smaller" Temple. I think this is Hathor receiving an offering.
The "Smaller" Temple. I think this is Horus.