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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ramesseum - Ancient Temple in Egypt in Upper Egypt (South)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Thursday, 16 November 2017  Page Views: 11778

Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Ramesseum Alternative Name: Temple of Rameses II, The House of millions of years of Usermaatra-setepenra
Country: Egypt Region: Upper Egypt (South) Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Luxor  Nearest Village: Luxor West bank
Latitude: 25.727280N  Longitude: 32.610740E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Entrance to the Ramesseum with Osiride Pillars with the granite statue head of Ramesses II (in foreground) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Temple in Upper Egypt. New Kingdom mortuary temple of Rameses II, partially destroyed in 27BC. There was once a 1200 metric ton colossal statue of Rameses which now lies in pieces.
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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Panoramic view of the Ramesseum, as viewed from the Tombs of the Nobles, Thebes (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Close-up view of the Ramesseum (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Closer view of Wall Relief of the god Djehuty and goddess Seshat (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Wall Relief of the god Djehuty and goddess Seshat (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Exterior Columns of the Ramesseum (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Wall Relief of the goddess Sekhmet (with the head of a lioness) standing behind the seated god, Ptah

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : General view of the site

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Ramesseum submitted by durhamnature : Drawing with figures for scale, from "Africa" via archive.org

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Ramesseum submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Life of Ancient East..." via archive.org

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Ramesseum submitted by AlexHunger : Temple of Ramses II on the west bank of Luxor. 19th Dynasty.

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Ramesseum submitted by AlexHunger : Temple of Ramses II on the West bank of Luxor.

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Ramesseum submitted by AlexHunger

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Ramesseum submitted by AlexHunger : Temple of Ramses II on the west bank of Luxor.

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Ramesseum submitted by ALexHunger : Temple of Ramses II. The temple is reasonably intact, but his colossal statue of 1200 tons is broken.

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Old photo of the Ramesseum "The Rameseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes" 1858 (public domain)

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Wall Relief in the Hypostyle Hall of Priests carrying the sacred Barque of Amun

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Ramesses II receiving the Ankh from Amun with the goddess Sekhmet (right, with the head of a lioness) and god Ptah (left)

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Wall Relief in the Hypostyle Hall of Ramesses II before the god Osiris, accompanied by the goddess Isis

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Closer view of the fallen statue of Ramesses II

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : The Ramesseum Statue Columns with fallen statue of Ramesses II

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Wall Relief in the Hypostyle Hall of Ramesses II kneeling, and making an offering before the god Osiris who is accompanied by the goddess Isis and their son, Horus (the Triad)

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Wall Relief with decorative depictions

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Ramesses II with Osiris (left) and Horus (right)

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : "Vom Ramesseum" coloured pencil drawing by Michael Haubtmann (1889) public domain

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Ramesseum submitted by Swinside : Wall relief of the goddess Isis, in the niche of an end pillar

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