Facade of the Temple of Abu Simbel from the north Size:S: 50 x 40cm and holds a sketch-book and

and holds a sketch-book and pencil

Full-length studio portrait of James Booth standing near a clothed table

The vesicule opened and extended

Beneath is an interior view of the hospital chapel

Facade of the Temple of Abu Simbel from the north Size:S: 50 x 40cm and holds a sketch-book andFacade of the Temple of Abu Simbel from the north, Egypt, c1860 1890. The great rock cut Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279 1212 BC) and dedicated to the sun gods Amon Re and Re Horakhte. Rameses' reign was notable for a dramatic upsurge in the rate of temple building. The existence of the great temple at Abu Simbel was unknown outside Egypt in modern times until 1813. It was explored in 1817 by the Italian explorer