High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wadi es-Sebua, or Valley of the Lions (so-called because of the sphinx-lined approach to the temple forecourts,) (Arab: ??????????), is the site of two New Kingdom Egyptian temples, including one impressively large temple speos of Ramesses II, at the edge of Nasser lake in Lower Nubia. The first temple was built by Amenhotep III and subsequently restored by Ramesses II. In its first stage, this temple "consisted of a rock-cut sanctuary (about 3 m by 2 m) fronted by a brick-built pylon, a court and a hall, partly painted with wall paintings." The temple was perhaps dedicated to one of the local Nubian forms of Horus, but his representations were altered to Amun at a later point in time. During the Amarna period, images of Amun were attacked and the decorations deteriorated but Ramesses II later restored and extended Amenhotep III's temple by building structures in front of the pylon. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений,...

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