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Photographs in this gallery relate to the mortuary Temple of Ramasses 11 on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor the so called Ramasseum
Ramasseum Pylon EG075193jhp Ramasseum Pylon First Court Colonnade Palace ruins Egypt Luxor Thebes, situated at this West Bank location of the Nile at Luxor is Ramses 11 mortuary temple glowing in the late afternoon sunlight and in these photos the remains of the enormous First Pylon, now badly ruined and with the gate blocked up to maintain some structural stability. These are taken from inside the first court looking at its north face with some standard Ramasses propaganda carvings of Battle of Kadesh scenes and to the SE side of the court are the remains of the colonnaded Palace where the Pharaoh would have stayed for the important Festivals and ceremonies he was bound to attend. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Ramasseum, Temple, West Bank, River Nile, Thebes, landscape, first, pylon, court, gate, blocked, unsafe, structure, stability, columns, base, Palace, colonnade, columns, broken, remains, hieroglyphs, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, Battle, Kadesh, scenes, bodies, chariot, horses, cartouches, cities, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, granite, Osiride, statue, broken, torso, seated, fallen, Shelley, Ozymandias, afternoon, sunlight, glowing, golden, warm, orange, sunlight, grass, sand
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Luxor Ramasseum
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Ramasseum Pylon EG075193jhp
Upload Date: 2007-10-19 13:58:54
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Ramasseum Pylon First Court Colonnade Palace ruins Egypt Luxor Thebes,

situated at this West Bank location of the Nile at Luxor is Ramses 11 mortuary temple glowing in the late afternoon sunlight and in these photos the remains of the enormous First Pylon, now badly ruined and with the gate blocked up to maintain some structural stability. These are taken from inside the first court looking at its north face with some standard Ramasses propaganda carvings of Battle of Kadesh scenes and to the SE side of the court are the remains of the colonnaded Palace where the Pharaoh would have stayed for the important Festivals and ceremonies he was bound to attend.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Ramasseum, Temple, West Bank, River Nile, Thebes, landscape, first, pylon, court, gate, blocked, unsafe, structure, stability, columns, base, Palace, colonnade, columns, broken, remains, hieroglyphs, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, Battle, Kadesh, scenes, bodies, chariot, horses, cartouches, cities, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, granite, Osiride, statue, broken, torso, seated, fallen, Shelley, Ozymandias, afternoon, sunlight, glowing, golden, warm, orange, sunlight, grass, sand