Ramses added these Pylons and behind them a courtyard on the front of the existing temple, built by Amenhotep III
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Head of Ramses II at the entrance Pylons of Luxor Temple.
Ramses added these Pylons and behind them a courtyard on the front of the existing temple, built by Amenhotep III
Uraeus cobra artifact in Egyptian King's Tutankhamun's tomb.
The Uraeus , "rearing cobra") is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian cobra (asp, serpent, or snake), used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity, and divine authority in ancient Egypt. The Uraeus is a symbol for the goddess Wadjet, who was one of the earliest Egyptian deities and who often was depicted as a cobra.
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