The construction of the mortuary temple of Ramses II as part of his tomb complex took about 20 years. The magnificent temple is located on the west bank of Luxor and in its time the Ramesseum was comparable in magnificence to Abu Simbel and Medinet Habu. Ironically, the Nile floods destroyed the temple, which depicts Ramses as an eternal deity. Look for the pictures of the Battle of Qadesh, where the pharaoh is shown firing his arrows at the retreating enemy. The colossal statues of Ramses that once stood at the entrance are now ruins, but you can still see pieces of them scattered around the temple.

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