Image Abu Simbel Vista EG051450JHP 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 EG051450JHP 
 Abu Simbel Ancient Egyptian Great Small Temple Vista front empty with its huge rock carved statues of Ramses 11 and the temple of Hathor built for his wife Queen Nefertari viewed from near the resthouse 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, upright, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, temples, Hathor, pharaoh, Queen, Nefertari, seated, area, resthouse, history, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, UNESCO, cliff
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abu Simbel
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Abu Simbel Vista EG051450JHP
Upload Date: 2002-10-25 08:42:52
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Abu Simbel Ancient Egyptian Great Small Temple Vista front empty

with its huge rock carved statues of Ramses 11 and the temple of Hathor built for his wife Queen Nefertari viewed from near the resthouse 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, upright, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, temples, Hathor, pharaoh, Queen, Nefertari, seated, area, resthouse, history, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, UNESCO, cliff