Sanctuary of the temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt. This temple which took about twenty years to build, was completed around year 24 of the reign of Rameses the Great (corresponds to 1265 BCE)is considered the grandest of the temples commissioned during the reign of Ramesses II. It was dedicated to the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah, and the deified Rameses himself, pic by Diego Delso #photography #wikimediacommons #photography #pictureoftheday #abusimbel #egypt #ramsèsii #wikipedia