Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is located in the Theban Necropolis in Upper Egypt, on the west of the River Nile, across from the modern city of Luxor.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 85 metres (279 feet)
- Description: memorial temple of Ramesses II
- Also known as“Ramisiyūm”“Tomb of Osymandyas”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Colossi of Memnon.
Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon are two large stone statues… Colossi of Memnon is situated 1 km south of Ramesseum.
Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep II
Archaeological site
Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep II is an archaeological site, which is situated 140 metres northeast of Ramesseum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El-Assasif and New Al Qarnh City.
El-Assasif
Village
El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt.
New Al Qarnh City
Village
New Al Qarnh City is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Ramesseum.
Ramesseum
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Latitude
25.72794° or 25° 43′ 41″ north
Longitude
32.61019° or 32° 36′ 37″ east
Open location code
7GQJPJH6+53
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Ramesseum” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ramesseum”
- Arabic: “رمسسيوم”
- Arabic: “رمسيوم”
- Arabic: “معبد الرامسيوم”
- Arabic: “معبد الرمسيوم”
- Arabic: “معبدالرامسيوم”
- Basque: “Ramesseum”
- Belarusian: “Рамесеум”
- Belarusian: “Рамэсэвум”
- Bulgarian: “Рамесеум”
- Catalan: “Ramesseum”
- Catalan: “Temple de Ramsès II”
- Catalan: “Temple mortuori de Ramsès II”
- Cebuano: “Ramesseum”
- Chinese: “拉美西姆”
- Chinese: “拉美西斯二世神殿”
- Czech: “Ramesseum”
- Danish: “Ramesseum”
- Dutch: “Ramesseum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد الرامسيوم”
- Finnish: “Ramesseum”
- French: “Ramesseum”
- French: “Ramesséum”
- French: “Temple des millions d’années de Ramsès II”
- Galician: “Ramesseum”
- German: “Ramesseum”
- Greek: “Ραμέσσειο”
- Greek: “Ραμσείο”
- Hebrew: “רעמסאום”
- Hungarian: “Ramesseum (II. Ramzesz templom)”
- Hungarian: “Ramesszeum”
- Indonesian: “Ramesseum”
- Italian: “Ramesseo”
- Italian: “Ramesseum”
- Japanese: “ラムセウム”
- Japanese: “ラメシアム”
- Japanese: “ラメセウム”
- Kashmiri: “رَمیٚسِم”
- Lithuanian: “Ramezėjus”
- Persian: “معبد رامسیوم”
- Polish: “Ramesseum - Świątynia Ramzesa II”
- Polish: “Ramesseum”
- Polish: “Ramzesseum”
- Portuguese: “Ramesseum”
- Russian: “Рамессеум”
- Serbian: “Рамесеум”
- Slovenian: “Ramesseum”
- Spanish: “Rameseo”
- Spanish: “Rameseum”
- Spanish: “Ramesseum”
- Swedish: “Ramesseum”
- Tamil: “ராமேசியம்”
- Turkish: “Ramesseum”
- Ukrainian: “Рамессеум”
- Urdu: “معبد رامسیوم”
- Vietnamese: “Ramesseum”
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