Saturday, August 12, 2006

Abu Simbel: Nefertiti's temple


Cool tomb. Carved out of the side of a mountain. Moved when the dam was built to prevent destruction - cut into thousands of pieces and then reassembled 600 meters away (or so). Unique because it's the only Egyptian tomb to portray the wife of a pharoah (Nefertiti, the wife of Ramses the second) the same size as her husband - generally the wife and children are carved standing between the pharoahs' legs.

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