The Great Temple of Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel rocky hill, about 280 km south of Aswan, in the year 1250 BC Ramses acknowledge the deliberate two temples, the largest for himself and his God Ra Hur followed my sister, and Amon, and Ptah, and a small mirror to the goddess Hathor and Nefertari. On the walls of temples Atnakect inscriptions and great views. The front of the temple Pttkon four colossal statues of Ramses deliberate, their height of 20 meters and door delivers fuel to 180 feet in length.
With the passage of time covered Ramla statues of the main temple up to the knees and preferred temple of Manasseh, up to the year 1813 when the Swiss Orientalist Gah LG Borjardt . Borjardt discussed the matter with the explorer Giovanni Taliani Balonzy and Savro Sawa on the region and Haulo enter the temple but Vchlo drilling in the entrance , but in 1817 he returned Balonzy and succeeded in entering the temple .
Temples were at risk of sinking as a result of the formation of Lake Nasser after the High Dam us Vataaont Egyptian government with UNESCO in 1965 to move to the nearby temple at an altitude of 183 meters above the level of protection of the lake , and the work was an international campaign to collect donations . Necessitated the process of cutting the temple to transport large stones Atrft from its place of origin has been assembled in the new place and the process ended in September 22, 1968 . The transport cost of $ 40 million and one of the greatest archaeological engineering .
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