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Stone age rock engravings at Twyfelfontein in Damaraland, Namibia.
Stone age rock engravings at Twyfelfontein in Damaraland, Namibia.
Stone age rock engravings at Twyfelfontein in Damaraland, Namibia.
Long Meg and Her Daughters is a Neolithic stone circle situated north-east of Penrith.
The stone circle is the third widest in England, behind Avebury in Wiltshire and Stanton Drew in Somerset. It consists of 66 stones set in an east / west oval configuration measuring 120 m on its long axis.
Long Meg herself is a 3.8 m high, nine-tonne menhir made of red sandstone, which stands about 18 m from the entrance to the circle. On the side of the Long Meg facing the circle, there are rock carvings consisting of cup-and-ring markings, concentric circles and spirals.
There is also the smaller kerbed burial mound of Little Meg to the north.
One of the spirals on Long Meg
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Menhirs, dolmens, cromlechs
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The Great Temple at Abu Simbel was completed around 1265 BC and is dedicated to the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah, as well as to the deified Ramesses II.
The exterior features four colossal (20 metre) statues of Ramesses II, also known as Ramses the Great.
The king’s wife, Nefertari, and children can be seen in smaller figures by his feet.
The complex was relocated to higher ground to avoid it being submerged by Lake Nasser in 1968 and is near the border with Sudan.
Abu Simbel, Egypt #2310
8 April 2024
The Great Temple at Abu Simbel took about twenty years to build and was completed around 1265 BC.
The exterior features four colossal (20 metre) statues of Ramesses II, also known as Ramses the Great. The king’s wife, Nefertari, and children can be seen in smaller figures by his feet.
Due to the threat of flooding, the complex was relocated to its current location in 1968.
Abu Simbel, Egypt #2309
8 April 2024
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