Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel Size:XS: 30 x 20cm 11th August 1957

11th August 1957

The shin bone of an adult human Fig

Also showing part of Warwick Lane

The statue was erected in Hyde Park in honour of the Duke of Wellington

Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel Size:XS: 30 x 20cm 11th August 1957'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