More than 3,000 years ago, between the first and second cataracts on the West Bank and the Nile, the Egyptian Pharaoh commanded a colossal temple, and a smaller one along with it, to be carved out of ...

The man wished to enter the temple grounds with a large ... The temples of Ramses II and Nefertari were carved into the rock. Abu Simbel is located on the Nile, about 300 kilometres south of ...

The whole operation will take from four to six years. Some people doubt that Abu Simbel is worth even $36 million. They argue that the temple has little artistic value and that money could be ...

Tussen en naast de benen van de farao’s zijn – veel kleiner en rechtopstaand – prinsen, prinsessen en koningin Nefertari afgebeeld. The Nubian Monuments from Abu ... The monuments of the property ...

The two Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae are the most illustrious of the Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (Egypt), listed as World Heritage since 1979.

1274 BCE: Abu Simbel Temple Complex echoes with the grandeur ... Yet as the sands of time shift, Nefertari, his greatest love, faces her end, and Ramesses must grapple with his own legacy.