Great Temple of Abu Simbel

unknown (Egyptian (ancient))

dc.coverage.spatial	Site: near Abu Simbel (Aswan, Egypt)	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	creation date: ca. 1254 BCE	en_US
dc.creator	unknown (Egyptian (ancient))	en_US
dc.date	ca. 1254 BCE	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2006-11-27T20:12:44Z
dc.date.available	2006-11-27T20:12:44Z
dc.date.issued	-1259--1249	en_US
dc.identifier	100489	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/13815	en_US
dc.description	When the temples (280 km from Aswan) were threatened by submersion in Lake Nasser, due to the construction of the High Dam, the Egyptian Government secured the support of UNESCO and launched a world wide appeal. During the salvage operation which began in 1964 and continued until 1968, the two temples were dismantled and raised over 60 meters up the sandstone cliff where they had been built more than 3,000 years before. Here they were reassembled, in the exact same relationship to each other and the sun, and covered with an artificial mountain. http://www.touregypt.net/abusimbel.htm accessed 1/10/06	en_US
dc.description	site plan	en_US
dc.format.extent	height of Colossi: 20 m, height: 65.6 feet	en_US
dc.format.medium	stone	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	126279	en_US
dc.subject	Ramses II, King of Egypt	en_US
dc.subject	Egypt --Antiquities	en_US
dc.subject	Gods, Egyptian	en_US
dc.subject	Mythology, Egyptian	en_US
dc.subject	Nile River	en_US
dc.subject	Aswan High Dam (Egypt)	en_US
dc.subject	Sepulchral monuments	en_US
dc.subject	Architecture, Ancient --Egypt	en_US
dc.subject	Temples --Egypt	en_US
dc.title	Great Temple of Abu Simbel	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Great Speos	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Great Temple (Abu Sunbul, Egypt)	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Temple of Ramses II	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.rights.access	All rights reserved	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Egyptian (ancient)	en_US
vra.technique	carving (processes)	en_US
vra.technique	construction	en_US
vra.worktype	Temple	en_US
dc.contributor.display	unknown (Egyptian (ancient))	en_US