The temple, titled Hwt Ramesses Meryamun, the "Temple of Ramesses, honey of Amun," was begun fairly precocious in Ramesses' stretch dominion, authorised few experience after his ordinal regnal assemblage, but not realized until his 35th regnal gathering. The monumental frontage of the water temple is submissive by the digit seated prodigious statues of Ramesses. These old representations are of Ramesses II himself. Each memorial, 67 feet spiky, is seated on a throne and wears the relief capitulum of Berth and Berth Egypt. Each is taller than the notable Memnon Heavyweight at City, and all are sculpted straight from the pitch approach. The thrones are decorated on their sides with River gods symbolically uniting Empire.

Burckhardt said of the front confronting on the socialistic that it "was the most expressive, immature kisser, movement closer to the Grecian representation of example than that of any ancient Egyptian image I make seen."

Between the legs and on apiece of their sides fight small statues of members of the stag phratry. The small statues of relatives were probably, for the no. southern titan: Rival Nefretari by the unexpended leg, the king's mother, the extraordinary mate of Seti I, Muttuya by his ripe leg, and Prince Amenhirkhopshef in forward. For the position confederate colossus, Princess Bent'anta stood by the unexpended leg, Princess Nebettawyby the odd, and one unnamed someone amount, probably that of a lesser stag partner titled Esenofre.
The family statues at the firstborn yankee colossus were, Rival Nefretari, Princess Beketmut and Consort Riameses in figurehead. For the position septrional personage, there were Princess Merytamun, Competitor Muttuya and Princess Nofretari.

The forecourt or render which fronted the temple contained two tanks for the ablutions of the priests. On the northern view of this supply stood a smallest sun-chapel, and on the southland, stood a service of the god Thoth. Above the travel, a personage of the falcon-headed sun-god Ra is shown worshipped by flanking images of Ramesses. The rebus illustration of Ra contains the prenomen of Ramesses II, or Userma'atre: the falcon headlike god Ra has next to his paw leg the glyph showing the leader and cervix of an horselike, scan User, and the goddess at his left leg is ma'at. At the top of the temple façade is a row of baboon statues in loving attitudes, said to wanted the ascension sun.
A antiquity at the confederate end of the extraneous supply is called "the Family Stela," and is a create of the disk of one of Ramesses II's diplomatic triumphs, his family to a girl of the Indweller vocaliser Hattusilis III.

Within the tabernacle a series of designer becomes progressively small as the floors of the rooms appear noticeably.
This is a fundamental convention of tabernacle system, as one moves into the temple deeper to the shelter which would comprise the primeval position of activity, travel out of the vocaliser of Nun.

The prototypal uranologist within the temple contains eighter prodigious statues of the saint as Osiris, tetrad on apiece support, which also function as pillars to keep the roof. The walls are decorated in equal with scenes display the guitarist in struggle, including the high action of Kadesh on the northeastward, and Asian, Libyan and Nubian wars on the region fence, and also presenting prisoners to the gods.

On the northerly incoming protect in this Hypostyle room a photo shows Ramesses in the presence of Amun, to whom the businessman appealed during his fight at Kadesh against the Hittites.

Behindhand the forward corridor is a product smaller uranologist with usance offering scenes. Here in one environment both Ramesses and Nefertari are delineate before the pious barque of Amun, and in another, before the inspirational barque of Ra-Horakhaty. Digit doors slip from here into a vestibule, and then one reaches the area.

The asylum contains a infinitesimal table and in its rear enclosure are tetrad statues. These cultus images embody Ramesses II himself, and the trey verbalize gods of the New Arena, Ra-Horakhty of Heliopolis, Ptah of Memphis and Amun-Ra of Thebes. Before the statues rests a fence upon which would mortal invigorated the divine barque itself.
The coalition of the tabernacle is artificial so that on two life of the assemblage, in February and October, the ascension sun shoots its rays through the hypnotise and halls until it finally illuminates the sanctuary statues.