From the blinding light of day we now pass into the interior where the half light creates a mysterious evocative atmosphere. The pronaos is a vast rectangular hall, 18 meters long and 16.70 meters wide. There are eight Osiris pillars, each ten meters high, arranged in two rows and depicting Osiris with the features of Ramses. The colossi on the left wear the white crown of Upper Egypt, those on the right the "pschent" or double crown. Their arms are crossed over their breasts and hold the scepter and the flail. The ceiling of the nave is painted with the great vulture of the goddess Nekhbet, protectress of Upper Egypt, and stars are painted over the side aisles.

The decoration of the walls celebrates the military glory of Ramses II. The most interesting and famous is the one of the north wall, where we can follow the various phases of the battle of Kadesh, including the pharaoh's military campaign against the Hittites in the 5th year of his reign. The long epic poem, written by the court poet Pentaur, is engraved in hieroglyphics both here and on the walls of other temples, such as Luxor and Karnak.
The pronaos leads into a hypostyle hall, with four square pillars painted with images of the pharaoh before the various gods. The walls too are decorated with liturgic scenes, including the transportation of the sacred barge