Ramses

... and everyone looked out for me especially the tour guide. So, don't ever think you are too old for one of these trips as I'll never forget how great it was. I can not speak highly enough of the service that I received from ramses tours.

... hope that I am in good enough physical shape to be able to get all the way up without getting sick. Oh, I forgot!  Ramses the II who I had always heard about when I was younger that chased Moses into the Red Sea finally had his mummy identified ...

... several hours late.  We saw a few sights in Cairo, and then went to our hotel. The next morning we went to Ramses, a city in Goshen--the area where the Israelites lived.  We saw the bricks that they built, and pottery from the Hebrews.  ...

... completing our little exploration of the chambers and passages, Michel and I left the temple and headed to the one right next to it, to the Temple of Nefertari. Thankful for having visited the Temple of Ramses II in Abu Simbel! Monique   :-) ...

... , Nefertari. It is fronted by 6 massive statues, each about 10m high. Both temples are decorated with beautiful hieroglyphs depicting Ramses as a strong and victorious pharaoh in many battles, one of which was a battle with the country now known as ...

... the way, but it's totally classical Egypt, so I was looking forward to getting there with relish. Abu Simbel was built by Ramses II, arguably Egypt's greatest Pharaoh, in the 12th century BC. Located 280km south of Aswan in the border region of Sudan, ...

... It is now on the shores of the largest man made lake in the world The temple itself is remarkable, with 4 great statues of Ramses II himself (he was many things, but modest was not one of them) guarding the entrance and they were very visible to ...

... the deified Pharoah Ramses II himself. Mostly it was designed as a show of strength, with the colossal, awe-inspiring statues of Ramses II watching over any boats sailing into the Pharaoh's lands from the south. Ramses II was quite the warrior / conqueror ...

... a very good idea as to how magnificent the Great Sphinx at Giza must have been before it was so badly damaged. Not very far away, a red granite statue of Ramses II stood quite high. Thanksful for having seen magnificent statues! Monique   ...

... to save you from anything. They should either let us wander around free or be serious and rigorous about it. Having soldiers playing with guns everywhere is not comforting for anyone. Abu Simbel, nice work Ramses II !!!! Andre. ...

... south of Aswan is the famous site of Abu Simbel. At the historic site of Abu Simbel there are 4 impressive collosal statues of Ramses II and temples carved into the cliffs dating back to the 13th century BC. It is unbelievable that in the 1960's, the ...