Great Temple of Ramses II

Great Temple of Ramses II

c. 1275-1225 BCE

1669

sculpture (visual work)

Egypt (nation)

Abu Simbel (ruins)

Nineteenth Dynasty

colossi

Ramses II--King of Egypt

Detail of figure of Ramses II at the Great Temple of Ramses in Abu Simbel in Egypt. "The facade of the Great Temple of Ramses is about 38 meters long and 31 meters high. The temple is dedicated to the most important gods of the New Kingdom, Ptah (the creator god of Memphis), Amun-Re (the great god of Thebes) and Re-Harakhte (sun god of Heliopolis), as well as to the Pharaoh Ramses II himself. The four colossi, statues of Ramses II (c. 1290-1224 BCE), are more than 20 meters high and about 4 meters from ear to ear," by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.

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