Ramses II commissioned an almost unparalleled amount of building projects at home. Some of these were actually initiated under the rule of his father, Seti I, such as the Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, the temple at Abydos, Seti I’s funerary temple, and one of the two temples at Abu Simbel. Projects initiated under Ramses II’s reign included the other temple at Abu Simbel and his own funerary temple, now called the Ramesseum. Ramses II didn’t build only temples: he constructed the city Per Ramessu to serve as his new capital and a well en route to gold mines in Nubia.