dc.coverage.spatial | Site: near Abu Simbel (Aswan, Egypt) | en_US |
dc.creator | unknown (Egyptian (ancient)) | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-09T18:05:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-09T18:05:38Z | |
dc.identifier | 157459 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/64017 | 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 | plan (drawing), 1908 | 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.rights | public domain | 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.subject | Plans (drawings) | 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 | In the Public Domain; no use restrictions | 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 |