Gerf Hussein

Aswan Governorate · Egypt

Gerf Hussein, Egypt
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mick-dede/ (Mr. George Snyder), CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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A partly rock-cut temple built by Ramesses II in Nubia, later dismantled and partly re-erected near Kalabsha before the lake rose. Surviving statues and columns reflect its once-imposing scale.

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