Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Abu Simbel; Dedication Plaques
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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Abu Simbel; Dedication Plaques
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Image View:
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View of three stelae or dedication plaques on the viewer's right of the Small Temple
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Creator:
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unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
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Location:
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site: Abu Sunbul, Upper Egypt, Egypt
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Date:
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ca. 1279-1250 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Egyptian (ancient)
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Style Period:
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New Kingdom (Egyptian); Nineteenth Dynasty; Ramesside period
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Work Type 1:
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excavation (site)
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Work Type 2:
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stele
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Classification:
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archaeology
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Material:
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stone; sandstone
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; Ramses II, King of Egypt
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Description:
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Abu Simbel is a site in Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile in Lower Nubia, 280 km south of Aswan. With the construction of the Aswan Dam in the early 1960s, the temple complex was one of a number of ancient monuments saved by being moved to a new site. Having been cut into pieces and reassembled, it now stands on the shores of Lake Nasser, 64 m higher and 180 m west of its ancient site. It was already an ancient sacred site when Ramesses II (reigned ca. 1279-ca. 1213 BCE) chose it for his most grandiose, and most famous, Nubian monument. The construction of the Great and Small Temples of Abu Simbel began in the early years of Ramesses II, and they were completed by around the 25th year of his reign. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the 'Nubian Monuments', which run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan). (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module One
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Identifier:
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1A3-EG-AS-3-B1
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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