Tourists at the shore of Lake Nasser at the Abu Simbel temple in Egypt

Tourists at the shore of Lake Nasser in Abu Simbel. The temple is located right at the edge of the Lake, and for those who were not aware of the history of the temple, the temple was built by the Great Pharaoh Ramesses II as a mark of his magnificence, and to intimidate travelers from the south. Then, in recent times, with the construction of the Great Dam on the Nile at Aswan, there would be a huge reservoir created which would submerge the temple. So an engineering effort was launched to take apart the temple and move it stone by stone to a higher location and save it, taking it to the current location.

The Mysteries of Abu Simbel: Ramesses II	View Larger Map

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