Ramesseum
Luxor West Bank, Egypt
Luxor, Egypt
MUSEUM
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EST. BCE 1279
EST. BCE 1279
1300s BCE
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Ramesseum.
The temple preserves its ruined pylons, a hypostyle hall with columns, storerooms, and the fallen colossal granite statue of Ramesses II, an original New Kingdom structure rather than a rebuilt one, though much of its upper walls and roofing are gone. It is managed by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities as a protected archaeological site on the Luxor west bank. It is open to the public on a ticketed basis.
About Ramesseum
The Ramesseum was built in the thirteenth century BCE as the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes. It featured a colossal seated statue of the king, along with reliefs depicting his military campaigns, including the Battle of Kadesh. The temple served the royal funerary cult and stored grain and administrative archives.
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