AIA Fieldwork Photo Contest 2020

Entry 10557

Submitted by Alexei Alexeev

Abu Simbel Temple Complex

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt

Category: Monuments

Colossal heads of the deified Nineteenth Dynasty (New Kingdom) pharaoh Ramses II (reigned 1279-1213 BC) at the Nubian rock temple dedicated to Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah (view from the south).

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