Ramses II was the pharaoh who built the most. The Rameseum, its funerary temple west of Thebes, is one of the most important expressions of this activity. For almost a river, not only as a place of worship for the royal ka together with the god Amun, but also as a center administered by the region west of Thebes, a post-resumed function by the temple of Medinet Habu.
Unfortunately, its current condition does not retain its greatness. The gold and copper of the portals and the cult of their treasure were stolen in the antil. The decorated blocks were dismantled workers of Ramses III who built the Medu Habu temple.
The largest known statue, which rites the king in red granite, was torn down and destroyed an earthquake. However, the sanctity of the site and its original builder were not forgotten. He was raised by the kings of the third intermediate period; gos admired its ruins and called it "the temple of ozimnandias", by the king's name, Usermaatre. The "house of life", which served as a library, and desk for literate priests, is described by classical writers. Its ceiling shows mica paintings, used by modern scholars as an understanding of the calendar of ancient Egypt. Bas were carved into the sacred enclosure, in which they discovered papyri. Its deposits, built illos of uncooked mud, are partially preserved from a rare example of ancient architecture with vaulted skies.
The processional access avenue no longer exists. The visintran from the north directly to the first courtyard, was the original entrance from the east. The portal: e still exists, with the monumental door locked) of structural stability. Its inner surface a pictorial version of the battle of Kadesh (Syria, or Orontes) against the Hittites. Ramses II produced large-scale representations of that battle in temples (Luxor, Abu Simbel, Rameseum, abidos, which makes it the best-known military action in Egypt.
the walls of the temple are decorated with other ritual scenes and festues, and with an important procession those that include their names and titles.