Tourists standing at the foot of the large statues of the Pharaoh at the temple of Abu Simbel

This photo gives you a good look of one of the temples at the temple of Abu Simbel, located 280 km (by road) from Aswan, in the southern Egypt region of Nubia. This is the temple dedicated to the pharaoh Ramesses II, and there is another temple just next door dedicated to his wife (which was a strong projection of her as a powerful queen, since typical statues of a queen show her coming to the knees of the pharaoh). In this photo, you see the size of the 4 large sitting statues, along with the tourists (looking much smaller than the statues) at the base of the statues.

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