English: Ramesses II from Gerf Hussein

Statue of Ramesses II, one of several such figures that acted as pillars in the forecourt of the temple of Gerf Hussein in Nubia, which consisted of a rock-cut sanctuary approached by the aforementioned pillared forecourt. Sadly the rock-cut section of the temple was abandoned to the rising waters of Lake Nasser in the 1960s and remains submerged today, but the forecourt was rescued and only recently reassembled, the best of the figures here with the remainder of the structure rebuilt at New Kalabsha nearby.

Aswan's Nubian museum opened in 1997 and houses an extensive collection of sculptures and artefacts from across the former land of Nubia immediately south of Aswan which was flooded in the 1960s following construction of the High Dam (most of ancient Nubia now lies beneath the waters of Lake Nasser).

The Museum is a more worthy replacement for the old Aswan Museum and enhances the city with one of the newest and most rewarding museums in Egypt.

www.sca-egypt.org/eng/MUS_NubiaMuseum.htm