Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel Size:XS: 30 x 20cm Head of Nathaniel Bowditch

Head of Nathaniel Bowditch

Zoological study of the Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)

11th August 1957

Also showing part of Warwick Lane

Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel Size:XS: 30 x 20cm Head of Nathaniel Bowditch'Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel', Nubia, Egypt, c1845. Colossal statues inside the Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279 1212 BC) and dedicated to the sun gods Amon Re and Re Horakhte. Rameses' reign was notable for a dramatic upsurge in the rate of temple building. The existence of the great temple at Abu Simbel was unknown outside Egypt in modern times until 1813. It was explored in 1817 by the Italian explorer