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title: Ramesses II from Gerf Hussein
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15395/ramesses-ii-from-gerf-hussein/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Ramesses II from Gerf Hussein

_Authored by Carole Raddato_

## Image File

[![Ramesses II from Gerf Hussein](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15395.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15395.jpg)

## Image Caption

Statue of [Ramesses II](https://www.worldhistory.org/Ramesses_II/) (r. 1279-1213 BCE), one of several such figures that acted as pillars in the forecourt of the [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) of Gerf Hussein in Nubia. The temple, dedicated to Ptah and [Hathor](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hathor/) and built by Setau, Viceroy of Nubia, consisted of a rock-cut sanctuary approached by a pillared forecourt. The rock-cut section of the temple was abandoned to the rising waters of Lake Nasser in the 1960s and remains submerged today, but the forecourt was rescued and reassembled at the site of New Kalabsha south of Aswan in Southern [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/). Nubian Museum, Aswan, Egypt.

## Cite This Work

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Raddato, C. (2022, March 12). Ramesses II from Gerf Hussein. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15395/ramesses-ii-from-gerf-hussein/>
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Raddato, Carole. "Ramesses II from Gerf Hussein." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 12, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15395/ramesses-ii-from-gerf-hussein/>.
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Raddato, Carole. "Ramesses II from Gerf Hussein." *World History Encyclopedia*, 12 Mar 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15395/ramesses-ii-from-gerf-hussein/>.

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