Abu Simbel, Aswan province, Egypt

Abu Simbel is an archaeological site in Aswān province, 145 metres South West of Aswān, on the Nile River. Situated in ancient Nubia, it was the site of two temples built in the sandstone cliffs along the Nile c. 1250 b.c. during the reign of Ramses II. The temples were discovered in 1812 but were later menaced by the rising waters
of the Aswān High Dam. This resulted in a salvage operation in the 1960s, coordinated by UNESCO,
in which the temples were cut apart and reassembled 200 ft higher up. The larger of the temples has on its facade four colossal statues that are 60 ft high.

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