Aswan. This is the 3000 year old UNESCO World Heritage site of Abu Simbel near the River Nile and the city of Aswan known. Prior to the monument being relocated the monument was slowly being reclaimed and buried by the desert and that is why you can see bits of carved graffiti by British and French soldiers who passed this way at the start of the 1800 very high up on parts of the monument, access today that would not have been possible without specialised equipment. As with Philae it became necessary to relocate the monument in 1968 high above the Aswan Dam reservoir.
This is the 3000 year old UNESCO World Heritage site of Abu Simbel not far from the River Nile and Lake Nasser and the city of Aswan known previously as the Nubian City. Prior to the monument being relocated the monument was slowly being reclaimed and buried by the desert and that is why you can see bits of carved graffiti of British and French soldiers who passed this way at the start of the 1800 very high up on parts of the monument, access today that would not have been possible without specialised equipment. As with Philae it became necessary to relocate the monument in 1968 high above the Aswan Dam reservoir. The temple was relocated block by block approximately 100m above the present water line of the Aswan Dam, Located near the Sudan border, the temple was built in 1200BC by Ramesses II, the temple is actually two temples, one to Ramesses II and one to his wife Queen Nefeteri
Size: 4655px × 6000px
Location: Aswan, Nubia, Egypt
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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