Side view of the large statues of the temple of Abu Simbels in south Egypt

A side view of the large statues outside the entrance of the temple of Abu Simbel. This is the view you will see as you turn the corner around the hillock in which the temple dedicated to the pharaoh Ramesses II is located. These statues seem merged with the stone of the hillock, but it is very different. After all, the temple was moved from a lower position (when the temple was supposed to be submerged due to the rising waters of Lake Nasser, caused due to the construction of the High dam at Aswan) and hence the current position was after it was moved.

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