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Abu Simbel Forecourt & Terrace: The Main Courtyard
Although today, the entire Forecourt in front of the temple is open, originally it would have been enclosed on the north and south by brick walls, while the east side of the court would have been open, looking on to the Nile.
From the Forecourt, a flight of steps leads you up to the Terrace in front of the temple.
If you look to the right and left, just before the ramp, you'll see two recesses, which probably contained basins for ritual ablutions. In the recesses are stelae depicting Ramses II making offerings.
Along the front of the Terrace is a decorative frieze portraying representatives of many different people making obeisance to the pharaoh.
In front of the balustrade, which has a dedicatory inscription running along its entire length, are figures of falcons alternating with small statues of Ramses II. The figures at the south end of the balustrade were probably destroyed by the collapse of the upper part of the second of the colossi figures
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Abu Simbel Forecourt & Terrace: The Main Courtyard
Although today, the entire Forecourt in front of the temple is open, originally it would have been enclosed on the north and south by brick walls, while the east side of the court would have been open, looking on to the Nile.
From the Forecourt, a flight of steps leads you up to the Terrace in front of the temple.
If you look to the right and left, just before the ramp, you'll see two recesses, which probably contained basins for ritual ablutions. In the recesses are stelae depicting Ramses II making offerings.
Along the front of the Terrace is a decorative frieze portraying representatives of many different people making obeisance to the pharaoh.
In front of the balustrade, which has a dedicatory inscription running along its entire length, are figures of falcons alternating with small statues of Ramses II. The figures at the south end of the balustrade were probably destroyed by the collapse of the upper part of the second of the colossi figures
Read more from our website :
www.tripidaysegytours.com/wikipedia-egypt/temple-abu-simb...