Knowing the Ramesseum Temple in Egypt

One of the buildings that still reflects the devotion that we possessed the Egyptians to honor their gods, is surely the Ramesseum, a building surprising that we went below.

The funeral hall was built during the time of Ramses II and is located more precisely in the direction of the temple north of Amenhotep III, Egypt, on the shores of River Nile.

Among the most remarkable of the place, we can highlight innovations in the construction, among them noted the incorporation of sandstone instead of the mud that because of their position proved difficult to conserve.

Inside the temple we can see the conquest of the city of Shalem, as well as the monument sculpted largest in history, the statue of Ramses II.

All those wishing to get closer to contemplate the magnitude of the Ramesseum can do from Monday to Sunday from 6 am until 5 pm, with a cost of 25 Egyptian pounds.

The Ramesseum is the name given to the funerary temple of Ramses II ordered erect, and located in the necropolis of Thebes, on the western bank of the Nile River, opposite the city of Luxor, near the small temple dedicated to his mother Tuya.

The name was coined by Jean-Francois Champollion, who visited the ruins in 1829 and was the first to identify the names and titles of Ramses in its walls. Its original name was House million years Usermaatra Setepenre, which connects the city of Thebes with the kingdom of Amon.
Ramesseum. Statues of Osiris.
Ramesseum. Statues of Osiris.

It occupies an area of ten hectares.