The Ramesseum

The 19th dynasty Pharaoh Ramses II ruled Egypt for 67 years. During that time, he had the chance to build the grand tomb temple called the Ramesseum to show how great he was and to leave a lasting impression on his people It took more than 20 years to build the complex, and now a lot of it is in ruins. Pieces of a 60-foot-tall, 1,000-ton colossus of Ramses that was once on display at

this shrine to Amun can be found in several places Oriented Osiride Crystals: Statues that face the second court show Ramses II as the underworld god Osiris. With their arms crossed and holding the crook and flail, these statues show that the temple is a place of death. The complex also had a royal home, warehouses, and a small temple to Ramses’s mother Tuya and his wife Nefertari.

The statue of Ramses the Great (Head)

The broken head and shoulders of the huge colossus of Ramses are now on the second court. Percy Bysshe Shelley got the idea for his famous poem “Ozymandias” from this scary scene.

We are rebuilding the RAMESSEUM.

This picture shows how the Ramesseum would have looked when it was finished, which might have been around 1250 BC. Later, earthquakes and the flooding of the Nile left the ruins we see today.

The First Pylon:

The impressive decoration on the first pylon showed Ramses’s battle victories. After an earthquake badly damaged the pylon that held up the entrance to the first court, it is now held up by concrete.

Capital Hypostyle Plant Hall

The hall’s ceiling is held up by tall columns. Designs of papyrus and lotus plants that haven’t changed much over the years show how ancient Egypt’s Lower and Upper regions came together

Mud-made shops

The temple used to be surrounded by a lot of vaulted mudbrick magazines that were used as storage, workshops, and even homes Putting down the foundations for Tuya
There was a small temple to Ramses’ mother Tuya and his wife Nefertari to the north of the hypostyle hall.