Abu Simbel - Temple of
Rameses the Great - The Inner Sanctum with Ptah, Amun, Rameses and Re
David Roberts - Drawing of
inner sanctum.
Twice yearly the sun reaches to
the inner sanctum. The figures are (left to right): Ptah, Amun,
the diefied Rameses and Re. When the sun shines in, the Ptah
statue is in shadow, as befits the god of the afterlife.
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