Abu Simbel is a temple built by Ramesses II (Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of the Egyptian New Kingdom, who ruled 1279-1213 BC) in Nubia, what is now in Egypt near the border of Sudan. It was investigated by James Breasted at Chicago’s Oriental Institute.
Originally carved into and out of the sandstone cliffs of the Nile River, the site was threatened in the 1960s when the Aswan Dam was proposed; and in an amazing feat of engineering technology, the temple was cut out of the rock, lifted above the floodplain, and rebuilt in an appropriate location for preservation.
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on Mar 21st, 2009 at 1:25 pm
When you visit Aswan You Should to Go Visit Abou Simble temple
This ancient complex consisting of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, built in honor of of Ramses II, and the smaller Temple of Hathor was hewn out of a solid cliff in the 13th century BC.