Thebes - Ramesseum

The Ramesseum, the great mortuary temple built by Ramesses II and dedicated to Amun, lies on the edge of the cultivated land on the west bank of the Nile, some 1mi/1.5km south of Deir el-Bahri. It is probably the Tomb of Ozymandias mentioned by the historian Diodorus (first century B.C.) the name Ozymandias being apparently a corruption of Ramesses II's praenomen User-Maat-Re. Although only about half of the original structure survives it is still a highly impressive monument.