The soldier kept his place before the stela and contemplated the distance.

They were eyeing some sort of much weathered stone marker, or stela.

They said nothing, looking a little awed at the soldier and puzzled at the stela.

The soldier looked and the shock of recognition drew him a pace away from the stela.

The Nile is narrower there than above, and large stela, were erected there by Rameses II.