Temple of Ramesses II, Ramasseum, at Luxor, Egypt tour
A short look round Ramesses II's mortuary temple, the Ramesseum, in Western Thebes, Egypt.
Ramesseum Temple in Luxor - Egypt
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great, also spelled Ramses and Rameses). It is located in the Theban necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
Location = Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt
Region = Upper Egypt
Type = Sanctuary
Part of Theban Necropolis
Builder = Pharao Ramesses II
Founded = 13th century BC
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ozymandias, The Ramesseum - Mortuary Temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II
A Travels with Bill under 1 minute film by Bill Woolf. Ramesses II, also called Ramesses the Great, and is one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs. The Ramesseum, his Mortuary Temple is on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor. He ruled for 67 years, one of the longest reigns of any pharaoh and he built more monuments and of larger size than other pharaohs. Ramesses II was considered the Pharaoh of the captivity, and his son, Ramesses III, the Pharaoh of the Exodus. In Egypt he was known under several names, Ozymandias was one.
A more than 7 ton fragment of his statue's head and torso was removed by The Italian adventurer Giovanni Belzoni from the Ramesseum at Thebes in 1816, and was expected to arrive in England in 1818, but it did not arrive at the British Museum until 1821.
Ramesses II statue's expected arrival has been suggested the impetus behind Shelley's 1818 poem Ozymandias that explores the fate that history and time have on the great.
This temple has an enigmatic atmosphere that provides thoughtful contemplation of Shelley's poem.
Ozymandias
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Title sequence watercolor Ramesseum by Bill Woolf
Egypt Part 7 : Luxor - Habu Temple - Red Sea - Cairo 2 (19:20)
From Luxor we visited the Colossi of Memnon, the Valley of the Kings (alas - no video allowed) and the notorious Habu Temple (with very old pictures of chopped off penises and hands to prevent masturbation).
At the Red Sea we stayed at Cassous Bay and enjoyed the superbe underwater life. The last day in Cairo we spent in Old Cairo.
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Nile River | COLOSSI OF MEMNON | RAMESSEUM | West Bank, Luxor, Egypt (HD)
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The RIVER NILE is about 6,670 km (4,160 miles) in length and is the longest river in Africa and in the world. Although it is generally associated with Egypt, only 22% of the Nile’s course runs through Egypt.
In Egypt, the River Nile creates a fertile green valley across the desert. It was by the banks of the river that one of the oldest civilizations in the world began. The ancient Egyptians lived and farmed along the Nile, using the soil to produce food for themselves and their animals.
COLOSSI OF MEMNON
They are 18 meters high and each one of them weighs 720 tonnes. They are carved from single blocks of sandstone. They are two-seated king statues on a throne ornamented, representing the pharaoh wearing the royal headdress of the Nemes, protected by the divine cobra. The hands of the king are resting on his knees and he directs his face towards the eastwards toward the Nile River. There are two small figures carved into the front part of the statues that represent his wife Tiye and mother Mutemwiy. The two statues are quietly damaged but they remain as symbols for the amazing Egyptian Civilization and culture.
RAMESSEUM, funerary temple of Ramses II (1279–13 BC), erected on the west bank of the Nile River at Thebes in Upper Egypt. The temple, famous for its 57-foot (17-metre) seated statue of Ramses II (of which only fragments are left), was dedicated to the god Amon and the deceased king. The walls of the Ramesseum, which is only about half preserved, are decorated with reliefs, including scenes depicting the Battle of Kadesh, the Syrian wars, and the Festival of Min. This temple is identified with the “Tomb of Osymandias” (a corruption of Ramses II’s prenomen) described by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus in the 1st century BC, and the shattered colossus of Ramses was the subject of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias.”
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The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Ramesses II
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Ramesses II
- located in the Theban necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
Ramasseum Fallen Colossus of Ramesses II, Egypt
The fallen colossus of the pharaoh Ramesses II at his mortuary temple, known now as the Ramesseum, and the inspiration for Shelley's poem Ozymandias. The site lies in Western Thebes, just across the Nile from Luxor on the road to the Valley of the Kings.
Luxor, Egypt - Colossi of Memnon HD (2013)
The twin statues depict Amenhotep III (fl. 14th century BC) in a seated position, his hands resting on his knees and his gaze facing eastwards (actually SSE in modern bearings) towards the river. Two shorter figures are carved into the front throne alongside his legs: these are his wife Tiy and mother Mutemwiya. The side panels depict the Nile god Hapy.
The statues are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone which was quarried at el-Gabal el-Ahmar (near modern-day Cairo) and transported 675 km (420 mi) overland to Thebes. (They are too heavy to have been transported upstream on the Nile.) The blocks used by later Roman engineers to reconstruct the eastern colossus may have come from Edfu (north of Aswan). Including the stone platforms on which they stand -- themselves about 4 m (13 ft) -- the colossi reach a towering 18 m (60 ft) in height and weigh an estimated 720 tons each. The two figures are about 15 m (50 ft) apart.
Both statues are quite damaged, with the features above the waist virtually unrecognizable. The western (or southern) statue is a single piece of stone, but the eastern (or northern) figure has a large extentive crack in the lower half and above the waist consists of 5 tiers of stone. These upper levels consist of a different type of sandstone, and are the result of a later (Roman Empire) reconstruction attempt. It is believed that originally the two statues were identical to each other, although inscriptions and minor art may have varied.
The original function of the Colossi was to stand guard at the entrance to Amenhotep's memorial temple (or mortuary temple): a massive cult centre built during the pharaoh's lifetime, where he was worshipped as a god-on-earth both before and after his departure from this world. In its day, this temple complex was the largest and most opulent in Egypt. Covering a total of 35 hectares (86 acres), even later rivals such as Ramesses II's Ramesseum or Ramesses III's Medinet Habu were unable to match it in area; even the Temple of Karnak, as it stood in Amenhotep's time, was smaller.
Side panel detail showing two flanked relief images of the deity Hapi and, to the right, a sculpture of the royal wife Tiy
With the exception of the Colossi, however, very little remains today of Amenhotep's temple. Standing on the edge of the Nile floodplain, successive annual inundations gnawed away at the foundations -- a famous 1840s lithograph by David Roberts shows the Colossi surrounded by water -- and it was not unknown for later rulers to dismantle, purloin, and reuse portions of their predecessors' monuments.
Lost temple of Ramses II is discovered in Giza
The lost temple of Ramses II has been uncovered by archaeologists, shedding light one of Egypt's most revered leaders.Among the 3,200-year-old ruins, researchers uncovered motifs devoted to ancient Egyptian sun gods - giving a unique insight into who he worshipped.The temple, which was uncovered in the Abusir Necropolis in Giza, measures around 110 feet in width and 170 feet (34 by 52 metres) in length.It is the latest colossal building revealed by archaeologists to have been constructed during Ramses II's illustrious 67-year reign.The leader fathered more than 100 children before his death in 1213 BC - more than any other pharaoh.The temple, which was uncovered in the Abusir Necropolis in Giza, measures around 110 feet in width and 170 feet (34 by 52 metres) in length.It is the latest colossal building revealed by archaeologists to have been constructed during his illustrious 67-year reign.Archaeologists say the ruins suggest blue stone columns lined the forecourt which would have been enclosed by mudbrick walls.It was built in an area between a terrace of the Nile and floodplain of Abusir. At the back of the temple, researchers found a staircase that led to a raised stone chamber which was divided into three parallel rooms.On either side were three long storage buildings. Archaeologists believe the complex was built between 1213 and 1279BCThe fame of Ramses II, the third king of the 19th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, is put down to his flair for self-publicity.He is remembered principally for the colossal statues he commissioned and for his massive building programme - as well as for fathering more children than any other pharaoh.Inscribed on one of the walls of this most recent discovery are the different titles of King Ramses II along with inscriptions of solar deities.Archaeologists found fragments of engravings depicting solar gods, confirming that King Ramses II worshipped the sun god 'Ra' which began in the 5th dynasty.Ra was often considered to be the King of the Gods, patron of the pharaoh and creator of everything.'The discovery of the Ramses II temple provides unique evidence on building and religious activities of the king in Memphis area and at the same time shows the permanent status of the cult of sun god Re who was venerated in Abusir since the Fifth Dynasty and onwards to the New Kingdom,' Professor Mirsolave Barta, director of the Czech mission, told Egyptian media Ahram Online.Blue stone columns that lined the forecourt would have been enclosed by mudbrick walls, archaeologists say.The complex was built in an area between a terrace of the Nile and floodplain of Abusir.At the back of the temple, researchers found a staircase that led to a raised stone chamber which was divided into three parallel rooms, writes NewsWeek.On either side were three long storage buildings. Archaeologists believe the complex was built between 1213 and 1279 BC.'The remains of this building, which constitutes the very core of the complex, were covered with huge deposits of sand and chips of stone,' Professor Barta said.Experts say Ramses II understood visibility was central to the success of his reign, and built bombastic structures to project his strength as a leader.He founded a new capital, Piramesse and built temples throughout Egypt and Nubia. The most famous of these buildings is the Abu Simbel, cut into rock, and 'the Ramesseum' – his mortuary temple at Thebes.Dubbed Ramses the Great by the Egyptologists of the 19th century, his reign from 1279 to 1213BC marked the last peak of Egypt's imperial power.He ascended the throne as the third king of the Nineteenth Dynasty at the age of twenty-five.In April of this year archaeologists unveiled a massive granite statue of Ramses II in Luxor Temple on the banks of the Nile.Standing 11 metres (36 feet) tall and weighing 75 tonnes (82 tons), the statue was presented in a floodlit ceremony at the Luxor Temple on the banks of the Nile on Tuesday evening.When the statue was discovered between 1958 and 1960 it was broken into 57 pieces.
EGYPT: Medinet Habu / Ramesses III Temple - Luxor
Medinet Habu is an archaeological locality situated near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor, Egypt. Although other structures are located within the area, the location is today associated almost exclusively (and indeed, most synonymously) with the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III.
The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III was an important New Kingdom period temple structure. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the foreign invaders known as the Sea Peoples, during the reign of Ramesses III. It is quite well preserved and surrounded by a massive mudbrick enclosure, which may have been fortified. The original entrance is through a fortified gate-house, known as a migdol (and resembling an Asiatic fortress).
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Ramesseum ~ Ancient Thebes
About 2 1/2 miles west of the famous Luxor Temple, across on the western shore of the Nile is the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Ramses II. (Ramesses the Great, also spelled Rameses approx. 1200 BC) Originally called the Rhamesséion in 1829 by François Champollion, its original name was House of millions of years of Usermaatra-setepenra that unites with Thebes-the-city in the domain of Amon. The powerful Pharaohs of the 18th & 19 dynasties incorporated the secrets of old Egypt into their temples, tombs and art. A quick look at one of the largest temples of the Theban necropolis.
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The 10 most amazing Egyptian temples
List about the 10 most amazing Egyptian temples
The Egyptian temples were built for the official worship of the gods and the commemoration of the pharaohs in Ancient Egypt and in the regions under their rule. The temples were seen as the home of the gods or pharaohs. SOURCE: LOQUENOSABIAS.COM, INFO: WIKIPEDIA RELATED LIST: THE MOST IMPRESIONATE ORIENTAL TEMPLES
In this list about the 10 most amazing Egyptian temples you can find:
9. TEMPLE OF JNUM
8. THE RAMESSEUM
7. TEMPLE OF KOM OMBO
6. TEMPLES OF FILAE
5. TEMPLE OF KARNAK
4. TEMPLE OF HORUS (EDFU)
3. HATSHEPSUT TEMPLE
2. TEMPLE OF LUXOR
1. GREAT TEMPLE OF RAMSES II
9. TEMPLE OF JNUM
A sanctuary dedicated to the cult of Jnum, in Esna, was initiated during the reigns of Thutmose III (15th century BC), and Amenhotep II, of the XVIII dynasty. Later, in Saíta period, on its foundations was built the temple dedicated the triad of Esna: Jnum, Anuket and his daughter Seshat, extended by Ptolemy VI, Filometor Ptolemy VIII Evergetes II and the Roman rulers.
8. THE RAMESSEUM
The Ramesseum is the name given to the funerary temple ordered to be erected by Ramses II, and located in the necropolis of Thebes, on the west bank of the Nile River, opposite the city of Luxor, next to the small temple dedicated to his mother Tuya. The name was coined by Jean-François Champollion, who visited its ruins in 1829 and was the first to identify the names and titles of Ramses on its walls. Its original name was House of the million years of Usermaatra Setepenra, that unites the city of Tebas with the kingdom of Amón. It occupies an area of 10 hectares.
7. TEMPLE OF KOM OMBO
The Kom Ombo Temple is an unusual double temple built during the reign of the Ptolemaic dynasty in the Egyptian city of Kom Ombo. In the period of Roman domination some enlargements were made. The construction is unique due to its double design, which means that there were accesses, patios, rooms, chapels and sanctuaries duplicated for two gods: Sobek and Haroeris.
6. TEMPLES OF FILAE
The temple complex of Isis has several buildings: The lobby of Nectanebo I, with ashlars of Taharqo era The temple of Arensnufis, meroítica divinity, of times of Ptolomeo IV Filópator and Arqamani II, king of Meroe. The colonnades of Augustus and Tiberius. The chapel of Mandulis, Nubian divinity. The temple dedicated to Imhotep, wise divinizado of the time of Dyeser. The gate of times of Ptolemy II Philadelphus The first pylon, with the obelisks of Ptolemy VIII Evérgetes. The patio with the mammisi, of Ptolomeo VIII, finished by Tiberio. The temple of Isis, decorated in the time of Ptolemy II, finished by Augustus and Tiberius. The temple of Hathor, of Ptolomeo VI Filómetor and Ptolomeo VIII Evérgetes. To the west is the so-called Hadrian's Gate, passing through which one reaches the main chapel and the temple of the goddess Hathor, east of the temple of Isis. The pillars are decorated with scenes of musicians, dancers and gods. To the southeast is the kiosk of Trajan.
4. TEMPLE OF HORUS (EDFU)
The Temple of Edfu is a temple of Ancient Egypt located on the west bank of the Nile in the city of Edfu, which during the Greco-Roman period was known as Apolinópolis Magna, dedicated to the god of the gods, Horus-Apollo. It is the second largest temple in Egypt after Karnak and one of the best preserved. The temple, dedicated to the falcon god Horus, was built during the Hellenistic period between 237 and 57 a. C. The...
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Temple of Luxor
Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was founded in 1400 BCE. , Known in the Egyptian language as ipet resyt, or the southern sanctuary, the temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut, and Chons and was built during the New Kingdom, the focus of the annual Opet Festival, in which a cult statue of Amun was paraded down the Nile from nearby Karnak Temple (ipet-isut) to stay there for a while, with his consort Mut, in a celebration of fertility -- whence its name.
The earliest parts of the temple still standing are the barque chapels, just behind the first pylon. They were built by Hatshepsut, and appropriated by Tuthmosis III. The main part of the temple - the colonnade and the sun court were built by Amenhotep III, and a later addition by Rameses II, who built the entrance pylon, and the two obelisks (one of which was taken to France, and is now at the centre of the Place de la Concorde) linked the Hatshepsut buildings with the main temple.
To the rear of the temple are chapels built by Tuthmosis III, and Alexander. During the Roman era, the temple and its surroundings were a legionary fortress and the home of the Roman government in the area.
The Ancient City of Thebes Known today as Luxor, Egypt
Sites from Luxor, Egypt are shown: The Valley of the KIngs, The Colossi of Memnon and the Temple of Karnak.
MEDINET HABU Temple, Luxor, Egypt (HD)
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Medinet Habu is the name which has been given to the ancient Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III which is located on the West Bank in Luxor. The area where it stands is also called Medinet Habu, and for this reason, many people refer to the temple as “Medinat” Habu. The temple dates back to the New Kingdom period, and its most famous for its vast amount of well preserved reliefs and massive statues of Ramesses III.
Medinet Habu is the second largest ancient temple ever discovered in Egypt, covering a total area of more than 66,000 square meters. The temple was built specifically as a mortuary temple by Ramesses III who was the second pharaoh of the 20th dynasty, and also the last great pharaoh of the New Kingdom. While the temple was built for Ramesses III to practice mortuary rituals, it was also used as a place for worshipping the god Amun.
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More own images of The Ramesseum Temple, located in the West Bank of Luxor, was the mortuary temple of Ramses II, whose 67 year rule saw the creation of many fabulous public buildings and architectural wonders.The ancient Egyptians called the temple the million years temple this temple is Huge and many more the gigantic size of the statue of Ramses II that you can see here.(unfortunatelly Broken). The complex dedicated to the god Amun, took 20 years and tens of thousands of workers to build.
This temple was constructed to serve two purposes. The temple was publicly constructed to enable the ancient Egyptians to practice their religious rituals, including prayer and ritual offerings to the gods. It was also, and perhaps more so, built to demonstrate the greatness of the Pharaoh, and his political and military achievements.Here you can see many images of the famous Qadesh Battle