Nefertari Temple Abu Simbel is the Temple of Hathor at Abu Simbel. It was built by Ramesses II (around 1279–1213 BCE) to honor both Hathor as the goddess of love and music and his wife Nefertari as a deified queen. On the facade, which looks like a pylon, there are six huge statues that are 35 feet (10.5 meters) tall. The Small Temple plan is a simpler version of the Great Temple plan. This is one of the few times in Egyptian art where the size of the statues of the king and his wife are the same. Image by Dennis Jarvis is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0.
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