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Great Temple (height: 110 feet / 33 meters, width: 127 feet / 38 meters) built under the XIXth Dynasty. On the facade four colossuses about 67 feet / 20 meters high represent Rameses II (1290-1223 BCE). The complete work is about 210 feet / 63 meters in depth and entirely carved in the rock.
Shown here: Detailed hieroglyphics of the terrace. In the frame: two of the names of the King Rameses II.
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