The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia National Discount Company The King's Theatre

The King's Theatre

rests on a table covered with a red cloth

Original is oil on canvas 37

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The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia National Discount Company The King's Theatre'The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia', Egypt, c1845. Colossal statues at the entrance to the Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279 1212 BC) and dedicated to the sun gods Amon Re and Re Horakhte. Rameses' reign was notable for a dramatic upsurge in the rate of temple building. The existence of the great temple at Abu Simbel was unknown outside Egypt in modern times until 1813. It was explored in 1817 by the Italian