Merit Amon was a daughter of Ramesses and his favorite wife Nefertari. She appears as the fourth daughter in the list of daughters in Abu Simbel and had at least four brothers: Amun-her-khepeshef, Pareherwenemef, Meryre, and Meryatum, as well as a sister named Henuttawy. Merit Amon may have had more brothers and sisters, but these five are known from the facade of Queen Nefertari’s temple in Abu Simbel

Around the time her mother died (around the 24th or 25th regnal year), Meritamen became Great Royal Wife, along with her half-sister Bintanath

There was a temple here, dedicated to the fertility god, Min. There are traces left of this temple, but it is very hard to understand much from the remains around the statue. Of this, however, most of the ancient town, Ipu. Ipu is historically interesting, being called “the oldest city in Egypt” by Leo Africanus in the 16th centuryX

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Old Lime Stone