Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu

The whole temple of Ramses III, and the City Palace is surrounded by a defensive wall. Entrance is through the Highgate, or Majdal, apparently it looks like a fortress Asia. Only within the Highgate, to the south, are the chapels Amenirdis I and II and Shepenwepet Nitoket, the wives of the god Amon. On the north side is the Church of Amun. These churches that were in the later addition dating back to the dynasty 18th, of Hatshepsut and Thotmes II. Renovation at a later time has been done by the kings of Ptolemaic Dynasty XXV.

To the west of the temple itself, which was named after the Ramesseum. On the wall to the north of the temple and inscriptions depicting the victory of Ramses, with Cagliari, Cretans, Palestinians and Dano. This is perhaps the greatest victory in ancient Egypt. Pharaoh watched the invaders across the plains, destroying everything in its path. The crowd came in bullock carts loaded with their possessions, their families and their newly discovered weapons of iron. Any tribe or settlement was able to stay in its path. The crowd took over the land and sea to go directly to Egypt. Ramses gathered his army and defeated the invaders land. He then went to the coast to meet the ship. Ramesses archers on the release of ships against relegation. (The Egyptians had an advantage over the enemy, and Egyptian ships had two oars and sails, while the invaders, only the candle.) And the Egyptian army then rowed out to sea and the boat overturned the invaders, who survived the sinking of an attack on all shooters. This is the only known inscriptions of a sea battle in Egypt. The Egyptians were excellent accountants and said everything was taken from the enemy, and all those who were killed. Show patterns counters count the loot. Enter through the huge tower (27m high and 65m long) is the first court which made the sport of athletics such as wrestling. The inscriptions on the south wall is Ramesses' victory over the Libyans and the window from appearing on the west wall, surrounded by eight columns. Behind this lies in the courtroom with the kings of bathing in the nearby. Quarantine tank is still intact. On the east side of the seven columns Osiride.

The second court, go through the ramp and through the tower, and consists of eight columns and six pillars Osiride. Of the scenes in the second court is the feast of sugar, and the lower part of the back wall is devoted to children of Ramses. For the sake of inputs at the right of the hall is a relief of Ramesses kneeling on the symbol of Upper and Lower Egypt, and the scene of Ramses deleted before Seth, with a change in the Pharaoh Horus. Hall of columns through the western entrance was badly damaged in 27 BC earthquake. Originally, in the room had opened in many rooms, but do not stay because of the earthquake.

Near the temple are the remains of the scale of the Nile. These warnings of floods and placed strategically along the river to determine the position of the river each year. Have not only an increase in the river, but also determines the amount of silt that was deposited. With this information, the rulers, in advance, and the identification of crops that grow on the basis of tax collection.