Ramesseum

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The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II on Luxor’s west bank, renowned for its colossal statues and richly decorated reliefs celebrating his reign and military victories.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ramesseum canonical 18
House of Ramesses 1
Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple
mortuary temple
builder Ramesses II
builtFor Ramesses II
constructionStartedIn Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
surface form: 19th Dynasty of Egypt
constructionStartedInReignOf Ramesses II
currentCondition ruin
dedicatedTo Ramesses II
dedicatedToDeity Amun
Ptah
Ra
hasArchitecturalStyle Ancient Egyptian architecture
surface form: New Kingdom Egyptian architecture
hasFeature Osiride statues
battle reliefs
colonnade
colossal seated statues of Ramesses II
courtyard
fallen colossal statue of Ramesses II
historical inscriptions
hypostyle hall
magazines
pylon
reliefs depicting the Battle of Kadesh
sanctuary
storerooms
hasFunction cult temple of Ramesses II
funerary temple
hasInscriptionLanguage Ancient Egyptian
hasMaterial mudbrick
sandstone
hasModernNameOrigin derived from the name Ramesses
hasWritingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs
knownFor colossal statues of Ramesses II
depictions of Ramesses II’s military victories
depictions of the Battle of Kadesh
richly decorated reliefs
locatedIn Luxor
Theban Necropolis
locatedInCountry Egypt
locatedInRegion Upper Egypt
locatedNear Deir el-Bahri
surface form: Deir el-Bahari

Medinet Habu
Valley of the Kings
locatedOn west bank of the Nile
namedBy Jean-François Champollion
openToPublic yes
partOf Theban temple complex
timePeriod 13th century BCE
New Kingdom of Egypt
UNESCOTentativeListStatus part of Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

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Input
Subject: Ramesseum
Description of subject: The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II on Luxor’s west bank, renowned for its colossal statues and richly decorated reliefs celebrating his reign and military victories.

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luxor notableNearbySite Ramesseum
Thebes nearbySite Ramesseum
subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)
Ramesses II built Ramesseum
Ramesses II house Ramesseum
this entity surface form: House of Ramesses
west bank of the Nile contains Ramesseum
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis) hasPart Ramesseum
subject surface form: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
West Bank necropolis contains Ramesseum
Luxor Governorate contains Ramesseum
Thebai contains Ramesseum
Thebae hasPart Ramesseum
Theban Necropolis contains Ramesseum
Theban Necropolis hasNotableStructure Ramesseum
this entity surface form: Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II
Meritamen depictedAt Ramesseum
cult of Ramesses II practicedAt Ramesseum