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Pictures from the great Mortuary temple of Ramasses 111 called the Medinet Habu on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor
Medinet Habu EG20704jhp Medinet Habu Temple Ramasses High Gate entrance ticket office Luxor Egypt located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor and a complex of temples is now dominated by the mortuary temple of Ramasses 111. Apart from being in excellent condition generally, it offers much to see including some beautiful and detailed reliefs, the best coloured are in the second court and especially its scale. Not usually included in most standard tour packages, this temple is worth the effort to be visited privately. Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Medinet Habu, temple, Ramses 111, mortuary, Thebes, West Bank, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, Ramasses, Ramesses, pylon, panorama, pharaoh, smiting, enemies, hieroglyphs, south, wall, carvings, reliefs, chariot, horses, lion, hunt, scene, battle, naval, sea, Philistines, prisoners, hands, counting, Amorite, war, Libyans, Hittites, flagpole, front, gate, gateway, ceiling, coloured, colours, colourful, colour, painted, ceiling, carved, columns, cartouche, wings, scarab, 2000, July, 120, Fuji, RVP, Velvia, 6x6, square, slide, medium, format, transparency, film, scanned, scan, Yashica, Mat 124G
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Medinet Habu EG20704jhp
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Medinet Habu Temple Ramasses High Gate entrance ticket office Luxor

Egypt located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor and a complex of temples is now dominated by the mortuary temple of Ramasses 111. Apart from being in excellent condition generally, it offers much to see including some beautiful and detailed reliefs, the best coloured are in the second court and especially its scale. Not usually included in most standard tour packages, this temple is worth the effort to be visited privately.
Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Medinet Habu, temple, Ramses 111, mortuary, Thebes, West Bank, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, Ramasses, Ramesses, pylon, panorama, pharaoh, smiting, enemies, hieroglyphs, south, wall, carvings, reliefs, chariot, horses, lion, hunt, scene, battle, naval, sea, Philistines, prisoners, hands, counting, Amorite, war, Libyans, Hittites, flagpole, front, gate, gateway, ceiling, coloured, colours, colourful, colour, painted, ceiling, carved, columns, cartouche, wings, scarab, 2000, July, 120, Fuji, RVP, Velvia, 6x6, square, slide, medium, format, transparency, film, scanned, scan, Yashica, Mat 124G