The pharaoh built many temples to himself, but only at Abu Simbel did dignity triumph over the vulgarity of profuse ornamentation. Abu Simbel's sheet size and its perfect integration with the ...

The legendary pharaoh is represented throughout the country, including the Twin Temples of Abu Simbel, the colossal statues near the Giza pyramids, and rare finds like the recent discovery of a ...

Some of the greatest monuments on any tour of Egypt bear his stamp: Abu Simbel, Karnak and Luxor Temples, the Ramesseum, and many others. He also commissioned the largest monolithic statue ever ...

He built the rock temples of Abu Simbel and his own mortuary temple at Thebes. The tomb of his principal wife Nefertari, also at Thebes, is one of the best-preserved royal tombs. Rameses ...

Scientific and Cultural Organisation), international campaign to rescue the temples of Abu Simbel from the rising waters of the dam in the 1950's and 60's. In Paris we uncover the labyrinthine ...