I was down in London this week and visited the fabulous Ramesses and the Pharaoh’s Gold exhibition at Battersea Power Station ...

Most Pharaohs built monuments to themselves, but Ramses II did something unheard of. At the southern edge of Egypt, he carved a second, smaller temple for his favorite wife, Nefertari—showing her the ...

"The rock-cut temple of Ramesses II on the west bank of the nile at Abu Simbel is the greatest of the seven rock-cut temples which the king constructed in Nubia. The forecourt which fronted the temple ...

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View Egypt - Temple of Hermonthis; Temple of Ibsambuol (Abu Simbel); Portal of the Barrage Bridge (Cairo Dam); Temple of Denderah; Temple of Karna; Temple of Edfu; Sphinx and third pyramid Ghyzeh; ...

"The great temple of Ramses II and the neighboring temple of Nefertari are among the largest and most magnificent monuments of the ancient world. When it was learned that Abu Simbel would be totally ...