Tourists sitting on a bench near the water of Lake Nasser next to the Abu Simbel temple in Egypt

The temple of Abu Simbel is located right next to the river Nile, or rather the huge reservoir of Lake Nasser. Due to the construction of the Dam at Aswan, the rising water levels due to the reservoir behind the dam was going to submerge the structure where the temple of Abu Simbel was originally constructed. In order to save the temple, there was a huge engineering effort done to move the temple, and the present location where the temple is now located was after the movement of the temple. In this photo, you can see tourists seated on a bench next to the temple, where you can see a view of the water of the lake behind.

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