The interior of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel showing the pillared hall with its Osiride statues of Ramesses II flanking the central aisle. The temple ext
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The interior of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel showing the pillared hall with its Osiride statues of Ramesses II flanking the central aisle. The temple extends 55 meters into the rock, and its solar alignment was so precisely calculated that the sun reaches the innermost sanctuary only twice a year, illuminating three of the four seated gods within.
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