Abu Simbel Temple

 Located on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 290 km southwest of Aswan, it is one of the Nubian antiquities sites included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

 It was built during the reign of Ramses II and took nearly twenty years. It consists of two large temples dedicated to the three gods of Egypt at that time, and they are Ra-ho, my sister, Ptah, Amun. Four large statues of Ramses II stand out in the facade, and the smaller temple is dedicated to the god Hathor.

 It is considered one of the finest and most beautiful temples that were commissioned during the reign of Ramses II, and one of the most beautiful in Egypt.

 Rediscovery

 With the passage of time, the temples were abandoned and became covered with sand during the 6th century BC, and the sand covered the statues of the main temple up to the knees, and the temple was forgotten until 1813 AD, then the Swiss orientalist J. Burkhardt found it. The complex was moved. An international donation campaign began to save the monument from drowning in 1959 AD. The ancient southern ruins of this Human civilization was under threat from the rising waters of the Nile River.

 The rescue of the Abu Simbel temples began in 1964 AD, and the whole site was cut into large blocks of 30 tons, which were dismantled and re-installed in a new location at an altitude of 65 meters and 200 meters above the river level, and some sites were rescued from under the waters of Lake Nasser.