Abu Simbel - January 18, 2001

 
 
 
 

Four huge statues at entrance to the Great Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.  The UN raised this monument 65 m so that it wuld not be lost when the Aswan dam was completed and Lake Nasser formed.











 

Note detail and size!
Four gods on thrones await the dawn
Eight columns support the roof of the main hall
Several hundred Japanese tourists get off of their Lake Nasser cruise boat...
Six more large statures of Ramses II at entrance of neighboring Temple of Hathor

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