Due to the peace treaty, the rest of Ramesses II’s reign was devoted to both building and honouring the gods. However, it is clear by the sheer amount of temples Ramesses constructed during his reign that he believed that the construction of temples was a significant part of his duty to become a successful pharaoh. Hurley, Medcalf, Murrary, and Rolph hypothesis that temples were a vital part of the efficient functioning of a country as they supplied a permanent source of revenue for Egypt. This desire for revenue could explain why Ramesses was seen to be a “monument builder” (Clayton 1994), successfully constructing and initiating most of the buildings in Egypt. British archaeologist Clayton (1994) further states that though Ramesses II constructed
