Page 387 - Four Thousand Years Ago by Geoffrey Bibby

At Abu Simbel, three hundred miles along the Nile south of Thebes and close to the
borders of Nubia, four colossal statues of Rameses II (1301-1235 b.c.), each sixty-seven
feet high, flank the entrance to a temple cut in the living rock to a depth of over two
£ hundred feet. The great pillared hall within is adorned with reliefs depicting the phar-
< aoh’s exploits, including his war against the Hittites and the inconclusive battle of Cadesh.