Ramsses II Temple

The Ramsses II temple (http://touregypt.net/featurestories/ramessesiiabydos.htm) is literally a ten minute walk from our compound, just before reaching the Seti temple. The temple was built by Ramsses II, during the 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom (1550 BC-1069 BC) time period. The temple has been heavily impacted by the encroaching village (Beni Mansur), natural erosional processes, and early looting of the site and surrounding sites.

The site is very quiet and peaceful. Hardly, do tourists make it to the temple. There is always a site guard on the premises or near to unlock the gate (that is if it is locked) for those who wish to visit. This day the gate was locked so it was decided to go to the Seti Temple to ask the guards there to unlock it for us. Of course, if we go to the Seti Temple it never fails that one must SHOP!! The locals set up vendors around the Seti Temple to suck in the tourists. By chance, about a month ago a colleague/friend of mine made the mistake of calling me by name infront of the vendors. So now when I visit the temple or go to get tea I get called by name. Not a good thing!!
This day we shopped some, but 30 minutes later we returned back to the Ramsses II Temple and explored.