Image Abu Simbel Vista EG051442JHP by Jim Henderson

 
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Photographs of the Great Temple of Ramses 11 at Abu Simbel and those of his wife's temple of Nefertari with some interior images as well.
Abu Simbel Vista EG051442JHP Abu Simbel Small Temple Hathor Nefertari foreground vista front view with is huge rock carved statues of Ramses 11 viewed from Hathor Temple built for his wife Queen Nefertari at what was once a River Nile site but now reconstructed in a mammoth UNESCO rescue project in the 1960’s and housed in an artificial hill high enough to save it from the total flooding with the creation of Lake Nasser. Keywords: Egypt, ancient, Egyptian, Lake Nasser, River Nile, Nubia, Abu Simbel, rock, carved, huge, Great Temple, Hathor, Temple, landscape, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, Nefertari, temples, pharaoh, queen, seated, history, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, UNESCO, cliff
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abu Simbel
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Abu Simbel Vista EG051442JHP
Upload Date: 2002-10-25 08:42:52
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Abu Simbel Small Temple Hathor Nefertari foreground vista front view

with is huge rock carved statues of Ramses 11 viewed from Hathor Temple built for his wife Queen Nefertari at what was once a River Nile site but now reconstructed in a mammoth UNESCO rescue project in the 1960’s and housed in an artificial hill high enough to save it from the total flooding with the creation of Lake Nasser.
Keywords: Egypt, ancient, Egyptian, Lake Nasser, River Nile, Nubia, Abu Simbel, rock, carved, huge, Great Temple, Hathor, Temple, landscape, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, Nefertari, temples, pharaoh, queen, seated, history, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, UNESCO, cliff