Being a great builder, no pharaoh ever surpassed the building achievements of Ramses II (“Ramses II”). The Hall at Karnak and the complex at Abydos were continuations of his father, Seti I’s works. Hundreds of buildings, monuments, temples were all constructed by Ramses II and almost every temple in Egypt was redecorated or rebuilt. The building projects used skilled and unskilled Egyptian laborers who were either paid or volunteered as part of their civic duty (Mark). Ramses II’s most famous building projects was the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Ramesseum, and Per-Ramses. The Great Temple of Abu Simbel had 46 feet (about 14 meters) sculptures carved directly out of a rock mountainside in Nubia (Ramses II). Additionally, it was dedicated to
