THE ABU SIMBEL
TEMPLE
COUNTRY: EGYPT
PLACE: SOUTH-WEST OF ASSUAN, AT THE SHORE OF THE NASSER LAKE
COUNTRY: EGYPT
PLACE: SOUTH-WEST OF ASSUAN, AT THE SHORE OF THE NASSER LAKE
Besides
Angkor, we also can visit Abu Simble Temple where there also have a few unique
and interesting building with theirstory.
Abu Simbel was first reported by J. L. Burckhardt in 1813, when he came over the mountain and only saw the facade of the great temple as he was preparing to leave that area via the Nile. The two temples, that of Ramesses II primarily dedicated to Re-Harakhte, and that of hiswife, Nefertari dedicated to Hathor, became a must see for Victorians visiting Egypt, even though it required a trip up the Nile, and often they were covered deeply in sand, as they were when Burckhardt found them.
Abu Simbel was first reported by J. L. Burckhardt in 1813, when he came over the mountain and only saw the facade of the great temple as he was preparing to leave that area via the Nile. The two temples, that of Ramesses II primarily dedicated to Re-Harakhte, and that of hiswife, Nefertari dedicated to Hathor, became a must see for Victorians visiting Egypt, even though it required a trip up the Nile, and often they were covered deeply in sand, as they were when Burckhardt found them.
Not
only are the two temples at Abu Simbel among the most
magnificent monuments in the world but their removal and reconstruction was an
historic event in itself.
The
Great Temple at the Abu Simble is dedicated to Ramesses II and a statue of him is seated with three other gods
within the innermost part of the rock-cut temple. The temple's facade is
dominated by four enormous seated statues of the Pharaoh, although one has been
damaged since ancient times. The Small Temple was probably completed ahead of
the Great Temple and is dedicated to Ramesses' favourite
wife, Nefertari.
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