Image Abu Simbel Graffiti EG051408JHP 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 Graffiti EG051408JHP Abu Simbel Great Temple sapper Wheal military engineer carved name dated grafitti with huge rock carved statues of Ramses 11 with dated names carved on the legs at what was once a River Nile site buried deep in sand 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, graffiti, names, dates, Sapper, Wheal, huge, Great Temple, landscape, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, pharaoh, seated, history, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, UNESCO, cliff, colourful, colorful, colours, colors
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abu Simbel
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Abu Simbel Graffiti EG051408JHP
Upload Date: 2002-10-25 08:42:52
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Abu Simbel Great Temple sapper Wheal military engineer carved name

dated grafitti with huge rock carved statues of Ramses 11 with dated names carved on the legs at what was once a River Nile site buried deep in sand 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, graffiti, names, dates, Sapper, Wheal, huge, Great Temple, landscape, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, pharaoh, seated, history, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, UNESCO, cliff, colourful, colorful, colours, colors