Tourists outside the smaller temple of the Abu Simbel temple complex

A view of some tourists outside the smaller temple in the Abu Simbel complex; the larger temple is dedicated to the great pharaoh while the smaller temple is dedicated to his wife and apparently the primary consort. In the statues at the gate of this smaller temple, there are equal sized statues of the pharaoh and his wife, which was remarkable since in all other such construction, the statue of the wife is much smaller than that of the pharaoh.

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