Abu Simbel
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Pottery jars from the tomb of the Nubian queen Nefertari, wife of Ramses II of Egypt (19th dynasty) (Egyptian Museum, Turin, Italy). Nefertari is heralded as the queen who wed for peace. For centuries, Nubia and Egypt had been at war, and the marriage brought the fighting to an end. Ramses II had the temples at Abu Simbel built in her honour.
Site of two ancient temples cut into the rock on the banks of the Nile in southern Egypt during the reign of Rameses II, commemorating him and his wife Nefertari. The temples were moved in sections in 1966–67 and rebuilt 60 m/200 ft above their original location before the site was flooded by the waters of the Aswan High Dam.
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