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Great temple of Ramesses ll
Nineteenth Dynasty, ca. 1260 B.C.
The two rock temples of abu simbel are located around 40 km north of the Sudanese border on the west bank of the modern reservoir (lake Nasser) originally hewn into the cliffs of the Nile riverbank, |
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Entrance statue of the sun god
In a high niche immediately above the temple entrance is a statue of falcon- headed sun god Re-Harakhty. Looking east, the divity wears the symbolic sun disk on its head and a short loincloth. |
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The great pillared hall
The entrance of the temple leads into the great pillared hall, whose function core- sponds to the courtyard of a traditional temple building. |
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Battle of Qadesh (detail)
No other event in the sphere of foreign affairs affected Ramesses ll's reign to the extent that the battle of Qadesh against the Hittites did. In spite of a not exactly glorious outcome, |
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Statue group in the main sanctuary
lines91the temple,s inner sanctum is situated at the far end of the structure, which mea- sures 63 m(207 ft.) in length, in the depths of the hillside. |
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Small Temple of Nefertiti
Nineteenth Dynasty, ca. 1260 B.C.
The so-called small Temple of Abu simbel, dedicated by Ramesses II to his wife Nefertari and the goddess Hathor, was con- structed slightly further north from the main temple . |
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The pillared hall
In keeping with the temple's function as a shrine to Hathor, the great hall has been furnished with six pillars whose inward- facing sides are decorated with a sistrum (musical instrument that is rattled) with the head of the goddess, |
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The Temple Amada
Eighteenth Dynasty, ca 1450-1400 B.C.
AThe temple of Amada is another of the Nubian buildings that were rescued. It was built or extended by three great pharaohs of the Eighteenth Daynasty, thutmosis III, Amenophis II and thutmosis IV and deid- cated to the god Re-Horakhty and Amun-Re.. |
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The Temple of ed-Derr
Nineteenth Dynasty, ca. 1250 B.C
New Amada is also where rock temple of ed-Derr, built by Ramesses II, was re-constructed. Today, this temple consist merely of two large pillaread halls and a sanctuary with side chambers. |
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The Temple of Wadi es-Sebua
Nineteenth Dynasty, ca. 1240 B.C.
IN New sebua there are also a number of shrines that were moved to a palace of safety from the floodwaters of laek Nasser. |
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Sphinx of Ramesses ll
Before the Aswan High Dam was built, Sebua offered its visitors a magnificent sight nearly every year at flood time. As the water level rose, |
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The
Philae Temple
The Philae
Temple which was the center of the cult of Isis in
Aswan was mainly constructed by Ptolemy XII and then
many kings from the Greco Roman era contributed by
adding more and more items to the temple |
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The Unfinished Obelisk
It is a huge
obelisk dating from the Pharaonic New Kingdom and it
is located in an ancient granite quarry just south
of Aswan. If this gigantic obelisk was completed it
would have weighed 1.8 million kilograms and would
have stood at 41 meters high. |
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The
Nubian Museum
The wonderfully
designed Nubian Museum located to the south of Aswan
is one of the most interesting places to visit in
the city. Nubia, the region located between Aswan
and Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, was inhabited
since prehistoric times. |
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The
Aswan Museum
The Aswan
Museum is located inside a wonderful garden in the
Elephantine Island. The museum hosts a number of
displays starting from prehistoric times till the
Greco Roman era. A new section was added to the
museum containing the recent finds in Aswan
including a set of jewelry and a marriage contract
dating back to 350 BC |
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The Agha Khan Mausoleum
Being a land
mark of Aswan, the Agha Khan Mausoleum is located in
a deserted hill on the west bank of the Nile. The
Agha Khan III (1877 -1957) the 48th leader of the
Ismailies sect of Shiites was fond of Aswan where he
used to spend the winter every year |
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Abu Simbel
The two rock
temple of Abu simbel are located around 40 KM. north
of the Sudanese border on the west bank of the
modern reservoir (Lake Nasser). Originally hewn into
the cliffs of the Nile riverbank, these two temples
were rediscovered buried in sand by the Swiss
traveler Johann in 1813. Following their successful
rescue, they now stand like skittles in the Nubian
Desert |
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