Great Temple of Abu Simbel
unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
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Great Speos
Great Temple (Abu Sunbul, Egypt)
Temple of Ramses II
Date
-1259--1249Description
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 site plan
Type of Work
TempleSubject
Ramses II, King of Egypt, Egypt --Antiquities, Gods, Egyptian, Mythology, Egyptian, Nile River, Aswan High Dam (Egypt), Sepulchral monuments, Architecture, Ancient --Egypt, Temples --Egypt
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