Photo, left: Wadi es-Sebua, or Valley of the Lions (so called because of the sphinx-lined approach to the temple forecourts) (Arabic: ادي السبوع), is the site of two New Kingdom Egyptian temples, including one speos temple built by Ramesses II, in Lower Nubia. The first temple was built by Amenhotep III and subsequently restored by Ramesses II. In its first stage, this temple "consisted of a rock-cut sanctuary (about 3 m by 2 m) fronted by a brick-built pylon, a court and a hall, partly painted with wall paintings." The temple was perhaps dedicated to one of the local Nubian forms of Horus, but his representations were altered to Amun at a later point in time.  During the Amarna period, images of Amun were attacked and the decorations deteriorated but Ramesses II later restored and extended Amenhotep III's temple by building structures in front of the pylon. See Hour 3, The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson.
 
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
 
Hour One
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 1, Block A: Alexander the Great, by Philip Freeman (1 of 2)
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 1, Block B: Alexander the Great, by Philip Freeman (2 of 2)
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 1, Block C: Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King, By Joyce Tyldesley (1 of 2)
 Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 1, Block D: Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King, By Joyce Tyldesley (2 of 2)
 
Hour Two
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 2, Block A:  The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen (A Merloyd Lawrence Book), by Stephen R. Bown (1 of 4)
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 2, Block B: The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen (A Merloyd Lawrence Book), by Stephen R. Bown (2 of 4)
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 2, Block C: The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen (A Merloyd Lawrence Book), by Stephen R. Bown (3 of 4)
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 2, Block D: The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen (A Merloyd Lawrence Book), by Stephen R. Bown (4 of 4)
 
Hour Three
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 3, Block A: The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson (1 of 4)
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 3, Block B: The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson (2 of 4)
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 3, Block C: The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson (3 of 4)
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 3, Block D: The Nile: A Journey Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present by Toby Wilkinson (4 of 4)
 
Hour Four
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 4, Block A: 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History), by Eric H. Cline (1 of 4)
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 4, Block B: 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History), by Eric H. Cline (2 of 4)
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 4, Block C: 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History), by Eric H. Cline (3 of 4)
Sunday 19 April 2015  / Hour 4, Block D: 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History), by Eric H. Cline (4 of 4)
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