The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu.
This dates from the New Kingdom.
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First Pylon of the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III
It's a huge place. Very famous for its decorated wall reliefs -- about 7,000 m2 (75,347 sq ft) of them..
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The reliefs depict the defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
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The battle between the Egyptians and the Sea People occurred around 1175BC.
Ramesses III seems to have repulsed an invasion of the Nile delta.
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This dates from the New Kingdom.
It's a huge place. Very famous for its decorated wall reliefs -- about 7,000 m2 (75,347 sq ft) of them..
The battle between the Egyptians and the Sea People occurred around 1175BC.
Ramesses III seems to have repulsed an invasion of the Nile delta.
Ramses harvesting corn
Lion headed goddess - Sekhmet ??
Sekhmet is the warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing .... a strange combination !
She is often depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter who's breath formed the desert.
Sekhmet was the wife of Ptah (who created heaven & earth).
Amun & Maat
Maat is here representing truth, justice, balance and morality. She is the daughter of the Egyptian sun deity Ra and wife of the moon god Thoth.
Horus
God of the sky & Kingship - often depicted as a falcon. Horus as the son of Isis and Osiris.