Located on the west bank of the Nile, about 7 km from the Ferry.
Ramesseum is the name given to the last century temple of millions of years that Ramses II built between the desert and the village of Qurna, on the west bank of Thebes.
Although it remains a small part of the original monument, it still exudes an extraordinary impression of power. It is here that the reign of Pharaoh accumulating magic to deal with épeuves.
Although it remains a small part of the original monument, it still exudes an extraordinary impression of power. It is here that the reign of Pharaoh accumulating magic to deal with épeuves.
Unfortunately, today there remain only a few ruins: the pilasters of the facade of the hypostyle hall which the depository receipts are statues of the pharaoh under the Osiris traits and, as a huge giant shot, near the pillars lies the largest ever built in Egypt colossus, the debris of the syenite statue of Ramses II seated on the throne, which according to some calculations, would be 17 meters high and weighing more than 1,000 tons, nicknamed "the sun of princes, "he embodied the ka of Rameses, his inexhaustible creative power.