Seated colossus of Rameses II, Temple of Abu Simbel Bove In the foreground figures work

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Contemporary artist's impression of the Great Melbourne Telescope devised by Thomas Grubb

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Seated colossus of Rameses II, Temple of Abu Simbel Bove In the foreground figures workSeated colossus of Rameses II, Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt, c1860 1890. The great rock cut 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