Pictured is the east side colossal seated statue and one standing statue of the King at the Rameses II Pylon, the main entrance for the Luxor Temple in Luxor, Egypt. Two massive seated statues of Rameses II guard the huge gateway and are flanked by four standing statues of the king. Two 80 foot obelisks once accompanied them but today only one remains. The other stands in the Place De La Concorde in Paris. The Luxor Temple is large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city of ancient Thebes, today known as Luxor. The temple was constructed approximately 1400 BCE.
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