Abu Simbel Temple

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name: Abu Simbel Temple
country: Egypt
Unesco World Heritage Site since 1979, listed under Nubian Monuments

Abu Simbel Temple is one of the most famous ancient Egyptian temples in the world. It was originally located at the banks of Lake Nasser, and was moved in the 1960's to make way for the construction of the Aswan Dam. The archaeological project to rescue Abu Simbel Temple was a monumental feat sponsored by Unesco. The temple was relocated to an artificial mountain that is empty on the inside, but looks like a real mountain from outside.

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Abu Simbel Temple
by Marion Golsteijn, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Aboe_Simbel_Tempel_Ramses_II.jpg, used under GNU Free Documentation License



Close up of the colossi of Abu Simbel
by Bionet, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Abou_simbel_pharaons.jpg, available in the public domain



Abu Simbel Temple vertical view
by JoSchmaltz, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Abu-Simbel_temple1.jpg, used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License



Abu Simbel complex: to the left is the temple of Ramesses II, to the right is the temple of his wife, Nefertari
by Przemyslaw "Blueshade" Idzkiewicz, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Abu_Simbel%2C_both_temples%2C_Egypt%2C_Oct_2004.jpg, used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License

Corridor statue at Abu Simbel Temple
by Przemyslaw "Blueshade" Idzkiewicz, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Abu_Simbel%2C_Ramesses_Temple%2C_corridor_statue%2C_Egypt%2C_Oct_2004.jpg, used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License



Tourists at Abu Simbel Temple
by Ninlil, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Ebu_simbel1.jpg, used under GNU Free Documentation License



Temple of Nefertari, Abu Simbel
by Luck-One, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:MyAbu_Simbel.jpg, used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License



Close up of the Nefertari Temple at Abu Simbel
by Marion Golsteijn, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Tempel_Nefertari.JPG, used under GNU Free Documentation License