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if (window.Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan).However, the complex was relocated in its entirety in the 1960s, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan dam reservoir.The relocation of the temples was necessary to avoid being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser, the massive artificial water reservoir formed after the building of the Aswan dam on the Nile River.Abu Simbel remains one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.Known as the "Temple of Ramses, beloved by Amun", it was one of six rock temples erected in Nubia during the long reign of Ramses II.Rediscovery
With the passage of time, the temples fell into disuse and eventually became covered by sand.Already in the 6th century BC, the sand covered the statues of the main temple up to their knees.Belzoni returned in 1817, this time succeeding in his attempt to enter the complex.Relocation
In 1959 an international donations campaign to save the monuments of Nubia began: the southernmost relics of this ancient human civilization were under threat from the rising waters of the Nile that were about to result from the construction of the Aswan High Dam.Today, thousands of tourists visit the temples daily.Guarded convoys of buses and cars depart twice a day from Aswan, the nearest city.The complex consists of two temples.Harakhty, Ptah and Amun, Egypt's three state deities of the time, and features four large statues of Ramesses II in the facade.The smaller temple is dedicated to the goddess Hathor, personified by Nefertari, Ramesses's most beloved wife (in total, the pharaoh had some 200 wives and concubines).The Greater Temple
The Great Temple at Abu Simbel, which took about twenty years to build was completed around year 24 of the reign of Ramesses the Great (which corresponds to 1265 BC).Horakhty, and Ptah, as well as to the deified Ramesses himself.Alberto Siliotti, Egypt: temples, people, gods,1994 It is generally considered the grandest and most beautiful of the temples commissioned during the reign of Ramesses II, and one of the most beautiful in Egypt.Ramesses, and his first six daughters Bintanath, Baketmut, Nefertari, Meritamen, Nebettawy and Isetnofret.Ra Harakhti, whose statue stands in a large niche.The facade is topped by a row of 22 baboons, their arms raised in the air, supposedly worshipping the rising sun.Another notable feature of the facade is a stele which records the marriage of Ramesses with a daughter of king Hattusili III, which sealed the peace between Egypt and the Hittites.The temple is complex in structure and quite unusual because of its many side chambers.The hypostyle hall (sometimes also called pronaos) is 18 meters long and 16,7 meters wide and is supported by eight huge Osirid pillars depicting the deified Ramesses linked to the god Osiris, the god of the Underworld, to indicate the everlasting nature of the pharaoh.From the hypostyle hall, one enters the second pillared hall, which has four pillars decorated with beautiful scenes of offerings to the gods.This hall gives access to a transverse vestibule in the middle of which is the entrance to the sanctuary.Here, on a black wall, are rock cut sculptures of four seated figures: Ra Harakhti, the deified king Ramesses, and the gods Amun Ra and Ptah.Ra Harakhti, Amun Ra and Ptah were the main divinities in that period and their cult centers were at Heliopolis, Thebes and Memphis respectively.The axis of the temple was positioned by the ancient Egyptian architects in such a way that twice a year, on October 20 and February 20, the rays of the sun would penetrate the sanctuary and illuminate the sculpture on the back wall, except for the statue of Ptah, the god connected with the Underworld, who always remained in the dark.These dates are allegedly the king's birthday and coronation day respectively, but there is no evidence to support this, though it is quite logical to assume that these dates had some relation to a great event, such as the jubilee celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the pharaoh's rule.Due to the displacement of the temple, it is widely believed that this event now occurs one day later than it did originally.The statues, slightly more than ten meters high, are of the king and his queen.Traditionally, the statues of the queens stood next to those of the pharaoh, but were never taller than his knees.The hypostyle hall is followed by a vestibule, access to which is given by three large doors.Hathor, who is depicted as a cow on a boat sailing in a thicket of papyri.The rock cut sanctuary and the two side chambers are connected to the transverse vestibule and are aligned with the axis of the temple.Each temple has its own priest that represents the king in daily religious ceremonies.To reach that position, an extensive education in art and science was necessary, like the one pharaoh had.The priests of Heliopolis, for example, became guardians of sacred knowledge and earned the reputation of wise men.The temple is a setting of the 1978 film Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile, where the statues "sing" because of the wind in the crevices (similar to wind blowing over a bottle).Team America mistakenly blows up the temple when they miss fleeing terrorists in Team America: World Police (2004).This page was last modified 23:56, 19 September 2003.This page has been accessed 90 times.This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.Abu Hanifa was also one of the Tabi'een, the generation after the Sahaba, because he saw the Sahabi Anas ibn Malik, and transmitted hadiths from him and other Sahaba.It was not a true kunya, as he did not have a son called Hanifa, but an epithetical one meaning pure in monotheistic belief.His father, Thabit bin Zuta, a trader from Kabul, part of Khorasan in Persia (the capital of modern day Afghanistan), was 40 years old at the time of Abu Hanifa's birth.Further differences of opinion exist on his ancestry.The widely accepted opinion, however, is that he was of Persian ancestry.Anas bin Malik, the prophet's personal attendant died in 93AH and another companion, Abul Tufail Amir bin Wathilah died in 100AH when Abu Hanifa was 20 years old.It is perceived this is due to the strict age requirements for learning the discipline of hadith that existed at the time in Kufa where no one below the age of 20 was admitted to a hadith school.Another research of present time, taking all sources of Sunni and Shia, Abu Hanifa had narrated 12 ahadith from the companions.According to Imam Bukhari, 3 year of age is accepted to be valid for listening Hadith and narrated after unless the person is not authority in Hadith afterwards.Early life and education
Abu Hanifa grew up in a period of oppression during the caliphates of Abdul Malik bin Marwan and his son Walid bin Abdul Malik.The governorship of Iraq was under the control of Hajjaj bin Yusuf, a loyal follower of Abdul Malik.During his governorship leaders in religion and learning were especially targeted by Hajjaj as they were proving to be an obstacle to Abdul Malik's establishment of his rule across Arabia and Iraq.Consequently, Abu Hanifa had no interest nor the opportunity to acquire any education in his early childhood.He set up a silk weaving business where he showed scrupulous honesty and fairness.Once his agent in another country, sold some silk cloth on his behalf but forgot to point out a slight defect to the purchasers.When Abu Hanifa learned this, he was greatly distressed as he had no means of refunding their money.Umar encouraged education to such an extent that every home became a madrassah.Sha'bi, mistaking him for a student, asked him whose classes he attended.When Abu Hanifa responded that he did not attend any classes, Sha'bi said, "I see signs of intelligence in you.You should sit in the company of learned men."Sadiq (6th Imam of Shia Muslims).His early education was achieved through madrassahs and it is here that he learned the Qur'an and Hadith doing exceptionally well in his studies.He spent a great deal of time in the tutelage of Hammad a great Jurist of Kufah.Mansur, the Abbasid monarch offered Abu Hanifa the post of Chief Judge of the State, but he declined to accept the offer, choosing to remain independent.Mansur, Abu Hanifa excused himself by saying that he did not regard himself fit for the post.Mansur, who had his own ideas and reasons for offering the post, lost his temper and accused Abu Hanifa of lying."If I am lying," Abu Hanifa said, "then my statement is doubly correct.Even there, the indomitable jurist continued to teach those who were permitted to come to him.Hadi Hussain, 1998, Islamic Book Service, New Delhi.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Nile as a grand display of the power and
territory of Rameses the Great.Anyone coming down the Nile from Nubia would
sail beside it.Pharaoh and subject to his majesty.Simbel and the cliff in which it was carved, were carefully cut apart
and reassembled like a giant puzzle on a higher site.Ramesses the Great, one of Egypt's
most enduring historical figures.Abu Simbel was first reported by J.
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