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In order for us to drive out to Abu Simbel (about 3.5 hours away) and return in time to catch our riverboat before it departed for Kom Ombo, we had to get up at 4 AM. Fortunately, the riverboat supplied box lunches for us to take along.
Located at the Abu Simbel complex are the Great Temple of Ramses II and the lesser known Temple of Hather, which was built for his queen Nofretari. Nasser Lake would have covered the temples after completion of High Dam, so while the dam was under construction the two temples were cut apart and moved across the river to higher ground before the lake was filled.
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| Picture by "Rocky" on Heather's Camera |
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Ramses II built the smaller Temple of Hather next to his for Nofretari, his wife and queen. Entrance to the Temple of Hather is between two statues of Rameses II. On a column inside of the temple is the head of Hathor, an important goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. Hathor was considered to be the mother of the sun god Ra.
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