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	Ramesseum
		The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great", also spelt "Ramses" and "Rameses").
		Two French engineers, Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois and Édouard de Villiers du Terrage, were assigned to study the Ramesseum site, and it was with much fanfare that they identified it with the "Tomb of Ozymandias" or "Palace of Memnon" of which Diodorus of Sicily had written in the 1st century BC.
		It was against the backdrop of intense excitement surrounding the statue's arrival, and having heard wondrous tales of other, less transportable treasures still in the desert, that the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley penned his sonnet "Ozymandias".
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/ramesseum.html (1118 words)

	Ramesseum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ramesseum: Hypostyle hall Ramesses II was a 19th dynasty pharaoh of Egypt.
		Two French engineers, Jean Jollois and René Devilliers, were assigned to study the Ramesseum site, and it was with much fanfare that they identified it with the "Tomb of Ozymandias" or "Palace of Memnon" of which Diodorus of Sicily had written in the 1st century BC.
		The Ozymandias Colossus It was against the backdrop of intense excitement surrounding the statue's arrival, and having heard wondrous tales of other, less transportable treasures still in the desert, that the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley penned His sonnet "Ozymandias".
	ramesseum.iqnaut.net (1058 words)

	The Ramesseum
		The Ramesseum is the name given the temple, built by Ramses II, that lies between the desert and the village of Gurnah.
		Elaborate carvings on the facade of the Ramesseum
		Another interesting artifact of the Ramesseum is that one wall of the hypostyle hall contains the names of Ramses' sons and daughters shown in order of succession.
	www.anniebees.com /Egypt/Valley_2.htm (283 words)

	Ramesseum
		The Ramesseum is famous for its seated 18 metre granite colossis of Ramses 2.
		On temple walls, depictions of the Battle of Kadesh, wars in Syria and the Festival of Min are found.
		Originally, the Ramesseum was identified as Tomb of Ozymandias by the Greek historian Diodorus, a name derived from Ramses' throne name.
	i-cias.com /e.o/ramesseum.htm (393 words)

	RAMESSEUM
		The head and shoulders of the fallen colossus of Ramesses II at the Ramesseum.
		The remains of the colossal statue lie at the side of the Osiride columns of the 2nd court at the Ramesseum.
		The complex did not continue as a temple for very long, as it was used as a necropolis for the Theban clergy and a burial place for princesses and Divine Adoratrices by the 22nd dynasty.
	gtae.users.btopenworld.com /Ramesseum.htm (867 words)

	Ramsesses II, temple of millions of years, Thebes
		To sum up, like all the houses of millions of years, the Ramesseum would be a temple in which the royal function is sublimated, in which the Pharaoh identify himself with the deity with the very clear idea of an assimilation of the human to the divine.
		From the XXIXth dynasty onwards, and during the Ptolemaic and the Roman periods, the Ramesseum was subject to several amputations, which brought about the disappearance of the mammisi of Touy and Nefertari and the dismantling of many walls, pillars and columns.
		Its first aim is to help the scientists so that the house of millions of years of Ramses II might recover all it's importance from an architectural point of view, and reveal, thanks to a systematic exploration, not only the key of its functioning but also the stages of its long history.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Gerard_Flament/ram_eng.htm (1616 words)

	Egyptian Journey 2003: Luxor: Westbank: Ramesseum
		The Ramesseum is built on the ruined foundations of an earlier temple of Seti I. He didn't, however, take into account the reason that Seti I's temple had failed -- the yearly inundation of the Nile slowly ate away at the foundations.
		THis is surprising, as the Ramesseum marks the firs ttime that the great pylons of the temple were bult in stone -- prior to this, they were usually mudbrick.
		Still, the temple had been abandoned by the 22nd Dynasty and used as a necropolis.
	www.phouka.com /pharaoh/egypt/photos/luxor/westbank/rammessum-02.html (230 words)

	Ramesseum- Luxor, Egypt - VirtualTourist.com
		The Ramesseum is the name given in the 19th century to the huge funeral temple of Ramses II.
		While much of Ramesseum remains in ruins, a significant portion of the great hypostyle hall remains, and restoration work is in progress.
		The modern name for the Ramesseum was given in the 19th century when the European looters, or rather archeologists, first found it.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/Egypt/Muhafazat_Qina/Luxor-2008656/Things_To_Do-Luxor-Ramesseum-BR-1.html (1205 words)

	Luxor Temple
		One of the most impressive monuments of Thebes is the mortuary temple of Ramesses II, commonly known as the Ramesseum.
		Much of the Ramesseum is very well preserved, so much so that the vaulted storerooms which once held supplies for the Pharaoh's cult still survive.
		The state of preservation of the granaries at the Ramesseum is remarkable.
	www.akhet.co.uk /ramesses.htm (190 words)

	Sven and Eric's History Site
		This temple was called the Ramesseum by the Romans and the name has stuck.
		The most imposing sight at the Ramesseum is this huge shattered statue.
		The Ramesseum is also famous for the quality of the reliefs carved on it's walls.
	www.akhet.co.uk /pengweb/seum.htm (203 words)

	THEBES and the West Bank
		Medinet Habu is the name commonly given to the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III and is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.
		The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Ramesses II.
		Beyond the second courtyard, at the centre of the complex, was a covered 48-column hypostyle hall, surrounding the inner sanctuary.
	www.egyptologyonline.com /thebes.htm (2482 words)

	.: Ramesseum Ramses II Temple, Ramesseum west bank nile, Ramsseum mortuary temple of Ramses II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Ramesseum is the huge mortuary temple of Ramses II.
		The temple itself was architecturally quite complicated and displays the typical intricacy and architectural genius that temples and monuments built by this great Pharaoh were well renowned for.
		The Ramesseum lies on the west bank 5kms from the Nile and at the heart of the necropolis.
	www.2travel2egypt.com /sightseeing/ramesseum.asp (97 words)

	Mortuary Temple of Ramses II (Ramesseum) - Luxor, Egypt
		The fallen Ozymandias colossus of Ramses at the Ramsesseum.
		The name "Ramesseum" – or at least its French form, Rhamesséion – was coined by Jean-François Champollion, who visited the ruins of the site in 1829 and first identified the hieroglyphs making up Ramses' names and titles on the walls.
		Most splendid of these, in accordance with New Kingdom Royal burial practices, was his memorial temple, the Ramesseum – a place of worship dedicated to pharaoh, god on earth, where his memory would have been kept alive after his passing from this world.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /egypt/luxor-ramesseum.htm (881 words)

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		It can also be found in many temples in Egypt, including at least two representations at Karnak of the scene of a king "receiving his years" (by writing of the years by Thoth on the ished tree), being Seti I and Ramses II respectively.
		However, as you can see by these Karnak examples, found at this URL [2], the motif is the same as Lepsius' drawing of the scene from the Ramesseum, as found in the "Astronomical Room" there.
		In the scene at the Ramesseum, the Goddess of Writing, Lady of the Library, Sefkhet-'abu [3] and the god Thoth do the writing in front of Atum, who is seated on a throne, with the seven gods of the sky and earth on the base of the throne.
	www.geocities.com /TimesSquare/Alley/4482/Ished.html (892 words)

	Luxor, Egypt, Ramesseum, Mortuary Temple of Rameses II. Virtual Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Luxor, Egypt, Ramesseum, Mortuary Temple of Rameses II.
		Recently, the multi-room tomb built for the burial of his sons was found in the Valley of the Kings.
		We visited the Ramesseum in the early morning, although many recommend that the ruin is at its best near sunset.
	www.kenseamedia.com /september/rameseum.htm (592 words)

	The Ramesseum (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Maybe because it was happy to be worshipped for so long and so creatively by the ancient Egyptians, the sun liquified and soaked into every crevice of the rocks, every particle of dust, every man-made construction and even into the skin of the people and animals.
		Unlike the necessary hordes of tourists whose voices and clothes and customs are at odds with the surroundings, the dark robed, turbanned figures moving soundlessly between sunstroked pillars become part of the art, a reminder that life once animated it and hands like theirs brought it into being.
		The Valley of the Queens is not far from the Ramesseum so that was my next stop by taxi.
	www.nataliedarbeloff.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ramesseum.html (927 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Ramesseum was a mortuary temple, including a palace and an administration center.
		Pylons were erected as gateways in the Ramesseum to commemorate Ramesses' battle at Kadesh.
		Medical texts concerning the treatment of stiffened limbs were also discovered in the Ramesseum.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=EGY0797 (142 words)

	NOVA Online \| Mysteries of the Nile \| Balloon Flight Over Ancient Thebes (2)
		To see what the Ramesseum might have looked like in better days, one need look no further than the mortuary temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu.
		Known as "The Mansion of Millions of Years of Ramses III," the temple was modeled after the Ramesseum, complete with a hypostyle hall whose reliefs still bear traces of the bright colors with which these temples were painted.
		Like his famous namesake, Ramses III fought many epic battles abroad, which he had his artisans celebrate on the walls of his "Mansion." The temple's 189-foot-long first pylon, for example, bears well-preserved reliefs of the pharaoh smiting his enemies, whose hair he holds collectively by one hand while raising his other to strike.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/egypt/dispatches/99031202.html (575 words)

	Ramesseum, Egypt. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		The Ramesseum or mortuary temple of Ramses II was built to awe the pharaoh's subjects, perpetuate his existence in the afterlife and forever link him to Amun-United-with-Eternity.
		Had it remained intact, the Ramesseum would doubtless match his great sun temple of Abu Simbel for monumental grandeur and unabashed self-glorification.
		Wrecked by the earthquake that felled the colossi, the pylon stands marooned in the scrub beyond a rubble-strewn depression that used to be the First Court.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/egypt/ramesseum (117 words)

	Dramatic Ramesseum Papyrus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dramatic Ramesseum Papyrus (also known simply as the Ramesseum Papyrus) is the oldest known surviving illustrated papyrus roll.
		It was discovered in the Ramesseum from which it gets its name.
		The text of the roll is in linear hieroglyphs written in narrow, vertical columns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dramatic_Ramesseum_Papyrus (187 words)

	Luxor
		The West Bank was the domain of the deceased and it is dominated by mortuary temples and hundreds of tombs.
		Belzoni's signature can still be found carved in stone in a couple of places within the Ramesseum, along with those of other well-known personalities of 19th-century Egypt.
		Stories of the Ramesseum and the display of the enormous bust of Ramesses II in the British Museum moved the 19th-century English poet Shelley to write "Ozymandias":
	homepage.powerup.com.au /~ancient/luxor.htm (742 words)

	Real Estate Egypt - Real Estate Luxor - Luxor Ramesseum
		Unfortunately, the place he chose to build it was prone to flooding and occasional earthquakes, which eventually caused its ruin.
		The Ramesseum is most famous for its huge statues some of which might have been usurped from the mortuary temple of Amenophis III as many of the Ramesseums's building blocks are known to have come from that site.
		In the forecourt of The Ramesseum are several impressive statues of Ramses in the form of Osiris but the most atmospheric statue is massive and carved in rose granite.
	www.lemontreevillas.com /luxoe_ramesseum.php (686 words)

	Egypt: The Other Temples on the West Bank at Thebes, Part I
		A temple commissioned by Amenhotep II lies just ot the north of the site on which the Ramesseum would later be built.
		Though little remains of this temple due to the plunder of the temple's stone at an early date, we know that it was probably small considering the long reign of this king.
		Situated between the temples of Tuthmosis III and the Ramesseum is the monument built by the relatively unknown 19th Dynasty King, Siptah.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/westbanktemples.htm (1011 words)

	The Mediadrome - History
		Egyptian antiquity officials have announced plans to rebuild the colossus of Rameses II, the statue that is said to have inspired Shelley to write his poem Ozymandias.
		The statue, a 55 foot seated portrait of one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, is in the colonnaded first court of the mortuary temple complex of Ramses II, known as the Ramesseum.
		Over 3,200 years old, it has lain face up and in pieces since it was toppled by early Christian monks.
	www.themediadrome.com /content/articles/history_articles/ozymandias_redux.htm (257 words)

	RAMESSES THE GREAT
		Ramesses II (ruled c.1279-1213 BC) was the third ruler of the 19th Dynasty, the son of the successful Seti I (himself the son of Ramesses I).
		An enormous number of temples, monuments and statues were created (and usurped) from earlier rulers during his long and illustrious reign, including the famous rock-cut temple of Abu Simbel in Nubia, numerous temples at Memphis, the decoration of the great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, and his mortuary temple, the Ramesseum at Thebes.
		On the west bank at Thebes he constructed a giant mortuary temple known as the Ramesseum.
	www.egyptologyonline.com /ramesses_the_great.htm (1195 words)

	Luxor, Egypt, Ramesseum Morturary Temple of Rameses II, Plan your tour. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Ramesseum, the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses the Great, is not so complete as Medinet Habu (Ramesses III), but it has something special.
		Well, actually, that is a supposition, and one of the huge statues has been removed, but standing next to the remains of the other is quite enough to see the point of the poem.
		Take the Virtual Tour of the Ramesseum which is the Mortuary Temple of Rameses the Great.
	www.kenseamedia.com /september (202 words)

	WRF Article: The Oldest Medical Books in the World
		The actual copying was probably performed in the pir-ankh or Houses of Life that were attached to the temples and where the scholars, physicians, philosophers and scientists of the time used to meet.
		Many of the indications concerning pregnancy and childbirth refer to the state of the breasts, their firmness and to the color of the face and eyes.
		The Ramesseum IV and V papyri were probably written about 1900 B.C., i.e.
	www.wrf.org /news/news0010.htm (2381 words)

	Ramesseum Beschreibung in Library - Definition und Buch-Tipp.
		Eine Übersicht der Artikel, die mit dem Thema Ramesseum verwandt sind finden Sie auf der Seite alle Artikel über Ramesseum.
		Fragen zu dem Thema Ramesseum können in dem Diskussionsforum gestellt werden.
		Mit einer hohen Mauer umgeben wirkte das Ramesseum wie eine Festung.
	ramesseum.know-library.net (528 words)

	Ramesses II
		Perhaps Ramesses' most famous construction was the massive rock cut temple at Abu Simbel, in what was Nubia.
		He was also responsible for his mortuary temple, the Ramesseum, at Thebes.
		The head shown above from the British Museum, was removed from the Ramesseum by the Italian adventurer Giovanni Belzoni who was also the first European to enter the temple at Abu Simbel on the 1st August 1817.
	www.akhet.co.uk /ram2.htm (200 words)

	West Bank of the Nile at Luxor. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Ramesseum is a sizeable temple complex on the west side of the Nile near Luxor.
		The Ramesseum near Luxor from a hot air balloon.
		A couple of large statues near the Ramesseum from the air.
	gei.aerobatics.ws /egypt_ramesseum.html (122 words)

	McClung Museum - A Foreign Captive
		In so doing, an examination will be made of parts of the imposing Mortuary Temple and Palace of Ramesses III, Dynasty XX (1198-1166 B.C.), dedicated to the god Amun-Re at Medinet Habu on the West Bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt.
		The complex was modeled after the Ramesseum, a nearby mortuary temple of Ramesses II.
		As wall scenes are similar to those found at the Ramesseum they appear borrowed.
	mcclungmuseum.utk.edu /research/renotes/rn-23txt.htm (2007 words)

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