A sphinx sculpture at the Temple of Ramesses II stands partially submerged in the waters of the Nile River. It was relocated to avoid destruction caused by the flooding of the Nile when the Aswan Dam was built. | Located in: Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel. --- Image by © Roger Wood/CORBIS © Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
The most explicit statement concerning the Egyptian attitude towards sexual behaviour refers not to the act itself, hut to the circumstances, and is given by Hcrodotus :" "The Egyptians were the first to make it a matter of religious observance not to have intercourse with women in temples nor to enter a temple without washing after being with a woman".
