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Great Temple (Abū Sunbul, Egypt)

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Great Temple Aboo [Abu] Simbel. 3 figures of Rameses 2nd & God Ra, c. December 1851

 Item
Identifier: Coll-20/1/14/6
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel with 3 figures of Rameses 2nd & God Ra.

Dates: c. December 1851
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Photographs and Diaries of John Shaw Smith / Photographs / Section 14: Temples of Nubia (Abu Simbel & Kalabasha). Wadi Halfa

Great Temple at Aboo [Abu] Simbel, Nubia, built by Rameses 2nd at 1500 B.C., c. December 1851

 Item
Identifier: Coll-20/1/14/5
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Nubia, built by Rameses 2nd at 1580 B.C. The figures are statues of him & his hieroglyphic is on the area of the Statue & above the God & on each side of the door. The height of each figure is about 80 ft [24.38m]. Mrs John Shaw Smith [Mary Louisa Smith] sitting at foot of nearest figure of Rameses II. [The note regarding Mrs John Shaw Smith was written in a different hand]

Dates: c. December 1851
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Photographs and Diaries of John Shaw Smith / Photographs / Section 14: Temples of Nubia (Abu Simbel & Kalabasha). Wadi Halfa