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Which gods were honored in Ramses II’s main temple at Abu Simbel?
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Ramses II
A larger-than-life Ramses II towering over his prisoners and clutching them by the hair. Limestone bas-relief from Memphis, Egypt, 1290–24 bce; in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
The main temple at Abu Simbel, commissioned by Ramses II, was dedicated to the sun gods Amon-Re and Re-Horakhte.12