THE GODDESS HATHOR, wearing the sign of a falcon on a perch, meaning the “west” (where the dead are buried). She holds by the arm Re-Horakhty, the falcon-headed god of the horizon. The painting is in the tomb of Queen Nefertary at Thebes. Nefertary retained the affections of her husband Ramses 11, though he had numerous wives and concubines; Ramses commemorated his love for her on many monuments as well as having the temple at Abu Simbel dedicated to her—a rare honour indeed. The picture is one of the unique and dazzling photographs, 48 in colour and 88 in black and white, in “Abu Simbel,” a book which brings to life the story of a region containing some of the most beautiful and ancient monuments, temples, tombs, and fortresses, and describes the amazing effort of international rescue to preserve as many of the ancient treasures as practicable from inundation by the waters of the Nile when the High Dam at Aswan is completed. The story and photographs in “Abu Simbel” are by William MacQuitty; Macdonald of London are the publishers.

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30959, 15 January 1966, Page 4

THE GODDESS HATHOR, wearing the sign of a falcon on a perch, meaning the “west” (where the dead are buried). She holds by the arm Re-Horakhty, the falcon-headed god of the horizon. The painting is in the tomb of Queen Nefertary at Thebes. Nefertary retained the affections of her husband Ramses 11, though he had numerous wives and concubines; Ramses commemorated his love for her on many monuments as well as having the temple at Abu Simbel dedicated to her—a rare honour indeed. The picture is one of the unique and dazzling photographs, 48 in colour and 88 in black and white, in “Abu Simbel,” a book which brings to life the story of a region containing some of the most beautiful and ancient monuments, temples, tombs, and fortresses, and describes the amazing effort of international rescue to preserve as many of the ancient treasures as practicable from inundation by the waters of the Nile when the High Dam at Aswan is completed. The story and photographs in “Abu Simbel” are by William MacQuitty; Macdonald of London are the publishers.