Abu Simble Temple (Abu Simble) is located 280 kilometers south of Aswan. This is a large temple comparable to pyramids and sphinxes. It was built between 1300 BC and 1233 BC, by Ramses II, the greatest pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. It is a veritable treasure of ancient architecture. It has now become a symbol of Egyptian civilization. It is the first place for tourists from all over the world to visit a temple in Egypt.
The Abu Simbel Temple is located in the southernmost part of Egypt, not far from the border with Sudan. Starting from Aswan, you must get up at 3 in the morning. After all the tourist buses are gathered, under the armed escort of the Egyptian tourist police, it takes a 4-hour drive to get there.
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Except for the highway and the Nile River, what you saw on the road was a large area of desert. |
Arrive at Lake Nasser, a small oasis in the desert formed by the Aswan Dam intercepting the Nile.
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Surrounding the vast Lake Nasser, Abu Simbel is full of sand dunes and deserts. |
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Before seeing the temple, I couldn't help but wonder: Why did Pharaoh Ramses II carve a majestic temple in Abu Simbel, which is inaccessible to the people? The latest statement is: the ancient Nubians traveled along the Nile to Egypt to pay tribute, and the fleet had to pass through here, and the Abu Simbel Temple was a good place to declare the symbol of Egypt's national prestige. |
The Abu Simbel Temple is composed of two temples, a large and small temple. The big temple is where Pharaoh Ramses II sacrifices to the sun gods Ra, Amon, and Pete, and the small temple is for Queen Nefertari to worship the goddess Hatel. . The picture shows a panoramic view of the two temples. (The whole picture is composed of three photos PS, you can click to view the original picture)
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This world-famous temple is all carved on the cliffs on the west bank of the Nile. The height is about 33 meters, the width is about 38 meters, and the depth is about 65 meters. On the front of the shrine, there are 4 giant seated statues of Ramses II that are 20 meters high. |
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The statue is huge and heavy, measuring 3.9 meters between the two ears, and the mouth is 0.97 meters wide, reflecting the power of Egypt and the supreme authority of the pharaoh at that time. |
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I personally think that the Abu Simbel Temple is comparable to the Rushena Buddha of the Fengxian Temple in the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, my country, but the Rusana Buddha was built in the third year of Tang Xianheng (672 AD), about 1500 years ago. The Abu Simbel Temple has a history of 3,300 years. |
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If you look closely at its feet, you will find that its head and shoulders have fallen to the ground. When people discovered the temple of Abu Simbel, it was already such a sight, which is said to be caused by an earthquake. |
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Ramses II is one of the most famous and greatest pharaohs in the history of Egypt. He took the throne at the age of 25 and reigned for 67 years. He led ancient Egypt and Xitai to fight for control of Syria in a war that lasted for decades. The key battle, the Battle of Kadeite, was one of the earliest battles recorded in ancient military history. |
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He restored polytheism, which made the land on the Nile River present a prosperous scene; he founded the fascinating city-Ramses City. |
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Ramses II is not only the last powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian military empire, but also the monarch who loves great construction. No pharaoh of any dynasty in Egyptian history was so keen on building temples and obelisks to show his achievements. |
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He built several huge temples in Nubia, all named after the main god Amon worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, called Amon Temple. The most majestic is this cave temple in Abu Simbel, |
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Abu Simbel is actually a combination of a temple and a sacrificial temple. |
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In the middle of the four statues is the entrance to a 60-meter-long grotto. The interiors of the grottoes have various sculptures, relief patterns, and ancient Egyptian texts, describing the life of Ramses II during the reign of Ramses II, the battle with the Xitai people in Kadeshi, and the living customs of the people in Nubia (unfortunately) Photography is not allowed in the cave). |
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| The most amazing thing is that every year on February 21 and October 21 (the enthroned day and birthday of Ramses II), the sun's rays just hit the group of idols in the shrine at the bottom of the grotto, and it will only shine on Latin America. Sith II and the sun god Amon, another dark god never shines on the sun (this is a picture downloaded from the Internet), so people call Ramses II "the darling of the sun." |
The small temple, about 50 meters away from the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, was also carved on the slope of the cliff. On the front are carved 6 statues about 10 meters high, of which three are Ramses II and the other three are Queen Nefertelli.
In ancient Egyptian, Nefertari means "beauty in beauty."
During the 60 years when Ramses II ruled Egypt, Nefertari was not his only queen, but he was the woman he loved and respected most.
His love for her can be described as "inseparable". In the Egyptian Museum, there is a statue of Ramses II and Nefitali sitting side by side
Perhaps these early statues did not show the beauty of Nefertari, but this photo of the statue, downloaded from the Internet, may give future generations a glimpse of the queen's stunning beauty.
Ramses II used hieroglyphs on the queen’s tombstone to confess his love to Nefertari: "When you walk gently by my side, you take away my heart." (Just bypassing me, she has stolen my heart.)
The last thing to say is that the Abu Simbel Temple we are seeing now is not the building on the original site. More than 30 years ago, when the construction of the Aswan High Dam began, the Temple of Abu Simbel faced bad luck at the bottom of the eternal sinking lake. UNESCO has issued an appeal to countries around the world to save the temples of Abu Simbel and the cultural heritage of Nubia.
And organized the world's first-class scientific and technical personnel, using the most advanced scientific and technological means to cut the size of the temples of Abu Simbel. |
