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ID: 7026057
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7026057
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ramesseum (temple)  Ramesseum (temple)

Coordinates:
Lat: 25 43 41 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 25.7280  decimal degrees
Long: 032 36 37 E  degrees minutes   Long: 32.6102  decimal degrees

Note: Funerary temple of Ramses II (1279-1213 BCE) on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes; also dedicated to the god Amon; famous for its 57-ft seated statue (only fragments left) and wall reliefs depicting the 'Battle of Kadesh, the Syrian wars, & the Festival of Min; described by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus in the 1st cen. BCE.

Names:
Ramesseum (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Osymandyas, Tomb of (C,O)
Tomb of Osymandias (C,O)
Tomb of Osymandyas (NA,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Egypt (nation)  ........  Egypt (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Qinā (governorate)  ............  Qinā (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Ramesseum (temple)  ................  Ramesseum (temple) (P)

Place Types:
ruins (C)
temple (preferred, H)
burial site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Osymandyas, Tomb of..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003)
Ramesseum..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003)
Tomb of Osymandias..........  [VP]
...................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
Tomb of Osymandyas..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -301088
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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