This colossal statue of Ramses II, sentinel of the Temple of Luxor, has watched over the Nile for millennia. As a guardian of eternity, it symbolizes

---

This colossal statue of Ramses II, sentinel of the Temple of Luxor, has watched over the Nile for millennia. As a guardian of eternity, it symbolizes the enduring power of ancient Thebes.

---

Size: 4726px × 3150px
Location: Luxor (Egypt)
Photo credit: © Domingo Saez Romero / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: ancient, ancients, antiquity, block, blocks, carved, colossal, colossi, colossus, courtyard, dominates, egypt, enduring, eternity, figure, figures, god, gods, granite, greatness, guardian, guardians, ii, king, kings, luxor, luxors, millennia, nile, pharaoh, pharaohs, power, ramses, sacred, sentinel, single, singles, space, spaces, statue, statues, symbolize, symbolizes, temple, temples, testimony, thebes, watched