The Temple of Abu Simbel
>Ramesses
The Temple of Abu Simbel
>Ramesses
abu simbel temple in egypt
: The Great Temple of abu simbel
and The Lesser Temple of abu simbel
The Temple of Abu Simbel
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The Temple of Abu Simbel
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There are two temples at Abu Simbel: The Great Temple of abu simbel
and the Lesser Temple.
The Great Temple of abu simbel
The Great Temple of abu simbel
was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian
gods Amun Ra
, Ra Harakhti and Ptah, and the deified Ramesses himself. It contains four colossal statues in seated position each towering 20 metres heigh. They all depicture Ramesses II
. The statues were carved out of the rock. Standing on the Pharoah's knees members of the royal family, including Nefertari
, queen mother Mut
-Tuy, sons Amun-her-khepeshef and Ramesses
, and daughters Bintanath
, Baketmut, Nefertari
, Meritamen, Nebettawy and Isetnofret.
The Temple of Abu Simbel
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Intering the temple through the doorway between the colossal statues, there is the hypostyle hall. That is an elongated chamber about 18 metres long and 16.7 metres wide. It is supported by pillars that devoted to the deified Ramesses
linked to the god Osiris
. At the end of the hypostyle hall is a second pillared chamber. From here is a vestibule that leads to the sanctuary. Seated within the sanctuary are four seated figures, namely Ra Harakhti, the deified Ramesses
, Amun Ra
and Ptah.
The Great Temple of abu simbel
was built in such a way that every year, on 20 October and 20 February, the ray of the sun would penetrate the sanctuary and illuminate three of the four seated figures; Ptah, the god of the underworld, remains permanently in darkness. When The Great Temple of abu simbel
was reconstructed on higher ground, the restorers attempted to re-create the phenomenon.
The Lesser Temple
One hundred metres away from The Great Temple of abu simbel
is the Lesser Temple. This one is dedicated to Nefertari
- Ramesses II
's chief queen -and the goddess Hathor
. It is considered the second temple in the ancient Egyptian
culture dedicated specially for queen .
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The facade which is carved from the rocks show two groups of 10-metre tall colossi. Here, the king and queen are shown of equal size, something very unusual because traditionally the queen is never shown any taller than the pharoah's knees.
The Lesser Temple is the only example of a temple dedicated to the king's consort and also a rare example where both king and queen are depicted in equal size,
The Great Temple of abu simbel and The Lesser Temple of abu simbel
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