He also built the temple at Kûrnah, and remains of his work is seen at Abydos, Memphis, and Heliopolis. He was succeeded by his famous son Rameses II., the Sesostris of the Greeks, the supposed oppressor of the Israelites. He was a very powerful monarch, and, from all accounts, in order to glorify himself in the eyes of posterity, did not scruple to erase the names of former kings from off their cartouches on their monuments and inscribe his own in their place. That he has accomplished the end he had in view by so doing there is not the slightest doubt, for no monarch of Egypt is better known than he. But apart from this he was certainly a mighty chieftain, who “enriched the land with memorials of his name.” [Illustration: Fig. 95.—Seti with Attributes of Osiris between Amen and Chuoam. (P. & C.)]] The greatest of his many battles (he was always fighting) was fought with the Khita (Hittites), under the walls of Kadesh, in the valley of the Orontes. His forces were almost defeated when by his personal valour he turned the tide of the battle and entirely routed the Khita (Fig. 97). [Illustration: Fig. 96.—Entrance to the Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Amen at Karnak. (M.)] The most famous building of his time is the rock-hewn temple, the “Great Temple,” that he built and dedicated to Amen, Ptah, and Harmachis, which faces the Nile at Ipsamboul, in Nubia. [Illustration: Fig. 97.—The Rout of the Khita; Egyptians to the left, the Khita to the right. (M.)] On the façade of this temple are sculptured _in situ_ four seated colossal figures of Rameses, two on each side of the doorway. From the soles of the feet to the top of the pschent on the head measures sixty-five feet; they are the largest statues in Egypt, and the workmanship is careful in finish. Over the entrance is carved in relief on the rock a colossal figure of the god Rā, and on either side of it are single figures in low-relief of Rameses in the act of adoration (Fig. 98). [Illustration: Fig. 98.—Façade of the Great Rock-cut Temple at Ipsamboul.] [Illustration: Fig. 99.—Principal Hall in the Great Temple. (H.; P. & C.)]