Queen Nefertari Temple II, a photo from Aswan, Inland

Photographer's Note

Another view of the Queen Nefertari Temple at Aswan. I've already uploaded a wider angled view but this one clearly shows the scale of the impressive statues. The people in the doorway are dwarfed. Someone is holding a giant ankh. The sign says 'no photo inside the temple', unfortunately for me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel

holmertz, pajaran, PaulVDV, Fis2, pierrefonds, COSTANTINO, jemaflor, Royaldevon, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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holmertz (102708) 2022-04-22 7:49

Hello Chris,
It's a fantastic wall with mainly well maintained statues and decorations. Yet it was the person in the doorway that truly opened my eyes to the magnitude of this view. The good light is of course another great benefit.
Best regards,
Gert

Silvio1953 (221627) 2022-04-22 7:58

Ciao Chris, great view of fantastic temple, fine details, splendid sharpness, wonderful colors and beautiful light, very well done, my friend, have a good week end ciao Silvio

pajaran (115911) 2022-04-22 8:45

Pozdrav.

Lep pogled, dobar tekst ...
Lepa stara arhitektura, dobro pokazano sa lepim bojama i kontrastom.
Dobar rad, lepa fotografija.
Lep Queen Nefertari Temple.
Lepo secanje.

Zelim vam sve najbolje za vikend.
Paja

lousat (139286) 2022-04-22 9:37

Hi Chris,a front view, the most classic, of this Aswan temple that i remember very well,impressive architecthure taken in a perfect way under the hot sun,i like it! Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

Tue (92370) 2022-04-22 9:41

Hello Chris,
A fantastic photo of this ancient temple. The people in the dark doorway add a great sense of size and show how big these statues actually are. Wonderful sunlight and play of shadows as well.
Lars

PaulVDV (62920) 2022-04-22 11:09

Hello Chris,
I started to doubt for a while because you placed this temple under Aswan. Yet from the thumbnail I recognized the famous temple in Abu Simbel.
The size of the statues is impressive. Beautiful hieroglyphs too.
I must confess that I expected more from the interior. I probably expected the impossible after seeing the statues in the rock face.
Best regards, Paul

Fis2 (170779) 2022-04-22 11:56

Witaj Chris!
A very interesting fragment of temple, the statues make impression.
Good framing, colors and light.
I like it.
Nice presentation.
Well done.
Warm regards.
Krzysztof

pierrefonds (114470) 2022-04-22 16:39

Bonjour Chris,

La pr駸ence des personnes a un effet d'馗helle de grandeur. la prise de vue permet de voir les d騁ails du temple de la reine Nefertari. La lui鑽e donne un bon rendu aux couleurs de l'image. Bonne journ馥.

Pierre

COSTANTINO (116518) 2022-04-22 22:20

Hello dear chris and have a nice day
and a happy evening
wow!!!!original version
that s why I love TE...
because there are too many chances
to see worth seeing monuments
all over the world
regards
Costantino

jemaflor (147156) 2022-04-22 23:26

Hi Chris,
interesting facade with these high statues, well sculpted, good effect with these shadows to give contrast at your presentation and good too the human presence, a good result for the scale of the monument, tfs.

ktanska (44766) 2022-04-23 3:21

Hi Chris,
Great to see these ancient reliefs on the temple side. Direction of light shows forms well. The colour gives impression as if this all was made of sand.
Kari

Royaldevon (85932) 2022-04-23 4:18

Hello Chris,

This is a remarkable wall, with its inset statues and mass of hieroglyphs. Your photograph has a very 3D effect with the difference in the shadows and sunlit areas.
Did you have to wait for someone to emerge from the doorway? The figure is important for scale.

When people discovered these remarkable ruins, at first, they would have no understanding that the patterns were actually writing, explaining about the queen!

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

jmdias (115186) 2022-04-27 9:19

chris

it is an impressive fa軋de with these giant carvings, I can imagine how impacted was the foreign people who visited the country in those days, when egypt was much more advanced than their neighbors.

take care

jorge

macjake (98456) 2022-04-28 20:07

Hi Chris
again, I wish I could see this place in person some day.
how cool is this? as for the sign, well, some people still find a way to take photos inside...but it looks pretty dark in there. what does it look like inside??? amazing piece of history. cheers
Craig

mcmtanyel (68533) 2022-05-07 21:12

Hello Chris,
Nice details from this temple, I love Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Regards,
MT