Facade of the Temple of Abu Simbel from the north mb-code 1193984 January 18

January 18

identified by Trimmer as a hippopotamus tusk and fore-tooth (two views) in his published plate notes

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Facade of the Temple of Abu Simbel from the north mb-code 1193984 January 18Facade of the Temple of Abu Simbel from the north, Egypt, c1860 1890. The great rock cut 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 explorer