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Photos of the recently opened Temple of Merneptah site on West Bank at Luxor with coloured reliefs, open air museum exhibits and interior carvings and paintings.
Merenptah EG050812jhp Egypt Temple Merneptah statue legs carving West Bank Luxor 6x6 square format photo of this open air museum site an Egyptian Pharaoh who reigned around 1212-1202BC, son of Ramasses 11, is on the West Bank of the Nile at Luxor and this photo was taken from the main West bank road looking towards the River Nile and with the Ramasseum towards the extreme left. A new museum and some excavated parts of his temple were opened in 2005. It is a mixture of open air and covered museum exhibits with some remains of the temple area with column bases. Some of the coloured wall reliefs are exquisite and because of the natural light available were easily photographed despite being inside. There is also a replica of the famous Israeli Stele, the original being in the Cairo Museum. This is a visit that would have to made outwith the usual West Bank package tour although easily arranged and is easily found next to the Ramasseum. Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, West, Bank, River, Nile, temple, mortuary, Qurna, Merneptah, Merenptah, pharaoh, 1212BC, landscape, mudbrick, pylon, ruins, walls, foundations, history, ancient, Egyptian, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, restoration, excavation, museum, wall, reliefs, paintings, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, evening, light, fertile, crops, roadside, view, Ramasseum, Ramses, son, Ramasses, 2005, slide, film, 6x6, 120, medium, square, format, Yashicamat 125, scanned, scan
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Luxor Merneptah Temple
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Merenptah EG050812jhp
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Egypt Temple Merneptah statue legs carving West Bank Luxor 6x6

square format photo of this open air museum site an Egyptian Pharaoh who reigned around 1212-1202BC, son of Ramasses 11, is on the West Bank of the Nile at Luxor and this photo was taken from the main West bank road looking towards the River Nile and with the Ramasseum towards the extreme left. A new museum and some excavated parts of his temple were opened in 2005. It is a mixture of open air and covered museum exhibits with some remains of the temple area with column bases. Some of the coloured wall reliefs are exquisite and because of the natural light available were easily photographed despite being inside. There is also a replica of the famous Israeli Stele, the original being in the Cairo Museum. This is a visit that would have to made outwith the usual West Bank package tour although easily arranged and is easily found next to the Ramasseum.
Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, West, Bank, River, Nile, temple, mortuary, Qurna, Merneptah, Merenptah, pharaoh, 1212BC, landscape, mudbrick, pylon, ruins, walls, foundations, history, ancient, Egyptian, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, restoration, excavation, museum, wall, reliefs, paintings, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, evening, light, fertile, crops, roadside, view, Ramasseum, Ramses, son, Ramasses, 2005, slide, film, 6x6, 120, medium, square, format, Yashicamat 125, scanned, scan