Abu Simbel Temples 😍

All four of these statues are of the same guy, Rameses Il. If you look between his legs you will see his very tiny wife. He was the only pharaoh to depict himself as a god while he was alive- inside the temple there's even propaganda artwork of at the time enemy gods Horus and Set coming together and putting their differences aside to crown him. The coolest thing about this temple is it's built into a mountain and they literally moved the entire mountain. Like, it was going to flood so they cut it up piece by piece and reassembled it somewhere safe. One more cool fact: there's a statue inside that's positioned so as to be only illuminated by the sunlight twice a year so cool #urbanexplorer #newyearadventure #awesomepic