King Ramses II at Abu Simbel

Signed 24x36in Art Print. Ships in 2-3 business Days Along the western bank of the #Nile to the south of the second cataract stand the complex of Abu Simbel originally named HeTRamssUMriImn/ Amun beloved the temple of Ramses II . The sanctuary built by the pharaoh Ramses II consist of two temples cut into the rock separate but complementary. The larger one is dedicated to the deified king and to the three ramiside gods Ptah, Amun Ra and Ra horakhty. The facade of the larger temple cut in stone is dominated by four colossal seated statues of Ramses2 22 meters tall. Near the legs of the sovereign and between his feet you can see on a smaller scale queen Nefertari his mother and the various crown princes and princesses. Above the entrance covered with inscriptions is Ra horakhty in high relief receiving a tribute offering of Ma'aT the goddess of truth from the pharaoh sculpted in base relief on both sides. Above the double red and white crown of the north and the south the inscriptions fr