ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca

Mortuary Temple for Ramses III -
Noted as the last great Egyptian King ruled for 37 years - 1186 to 1155 BC.
During his reign, Ramses and his army successfully repelled three massive foreign invasions - From the South the Nubians - From the North "The Sea People" and from the West the Libyans. With a much smaller army, this superb General & Military Tactician outfought, outmaneuvered, and decimated the invaders.

While he successfully defended and defeated Egypt's foreign enemies, he could not protect himself from his own harem! He was assassinated in 1155 BC - Known as "The Harem Conspiracy"
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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Neat!

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Nikocarol Loc: NM & FL

Thanks for sharing these awesome images. Really special

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Tack sharp architectural work, Ken!

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Impressive photos.

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Tdearing Loc: Rockport, TX

Enjoyed the entire series, needs to be a coffee table book.

Hereford Loc: Palm Coast, FL

Wonderful set of that temple. Poor Ramses III and trouble in the harem. Great topic description and great photos of this beautiful temple. We spent two weeks of December in Egypt, but this temple was not on our schedule. So thanks for posting.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Terrific capture of the detail in these scenes...the work that went into constructing these temples is mindboggling!!

ssymeono Loc: St. Louis, Missouri

Superb images! On the 5th image, left side, you will find some of the Sea Peoples wearing feathered helmets. The Egyptian texts give us nine different groups, the most prominent being Peleset, better known as Philistines. Ramses III settled these peoples in the land still named after them "Palestine". This is one of the most vexing historical problems of Egypt, the identity of the Sea Peoples. In my opinion Peleset, written as PLS, derives from the Greek Pelesgians which means the Sea Peoples and refers to the Cycladic civilization.

ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca

Thanks to all that viewed & made their kind comments --
Have added two more photos of the King "Smiting his Countries' Enemies"

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jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice architecture shots.

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

Really majestic structure, Ken! Thanks for sharing these well detailed photos!

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great series, Ken, thanks for the tour.