Ramesseum

Luxor Governorate · Egypt

Ramesseum, Egypt
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
October to April
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

The mortuary temple of Ramesses II on the Nile's west bank is known for the fallen colossus that once inspired the poem Ozymandias. Its ruined halls and toppled statuary evoke the scale of the pharaoh's ambitions.

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