File:Temples, Nubia, Abu Simbel - UNESCO - PHOTO0000003384 0001.tiff

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Roque Javier Laurenza
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Français : Détail de deux statues colosses. Elles devaient être identiques, mais l'une a perdu sa barbe postiche. Elles ont des hiéroglyphes sur la poitrine et les bras. Au dessus d'elles, un texte en hieroglyphes.
Depicted place Temples of Abu Simbel (Q134140), Egypt (Q79)
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Temples, Historic monuments, Ancient history, Egyptology, Preservation of monuments,
Date October 1959
date QS:P571,+1959-10-00T00:00:00Z/10
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PHOTO0000003384
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English: Great Temple (height 110 ft; width 127 ft., built under the XIXth Dynasty. On the facade, four colossi about 67 ft. in height represent Rameses II (1290-1223 B.C.). The complete work is 210 ft. in depth, and entirely carved in the rock. Shown here detail of the giant statues. The width of the face from ear to ear is 14 ft.
Français : Grand Temple (Hauteur 33 m., largeur 38 m.), oeuvre de la XIXe dynastie. Sur la façade, quatre colosses d'une hauteur d'environ 20 mètres, représentent Ramsès II (1290-1223 avant J.C.). L'ensemble, dont la profondeur est de 63 m., est entièrement taillé dans le roc. Sur la photo Détail de deux des colosses. La largeur de la face, d'une oreille à l'autre, est de 4m. 17.
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L.538/16
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