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Abu Simbel, Nubian Monuments

The colossal monuments at Abu Simbel on the Nile, from Amelia Edwards' book entitled: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile (1876). The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples in Nubia, southern Egypt. The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Nubian Monuments, which run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan). The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh, and to intimidate his Nubian neighbors. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir. The relocation of the temples was necessary to avoid their being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser. Legend has it that Abu Simbel was a young local boy who guided archeologists to the site of the buried temple which he had seen from time to time in the shifting sands. Eventually, they named the complex after him.
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Abu Simbel, Nubian Monuments
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The colossal monuments at Abu Simbel on the Nile, from Amelia Edwards' book entitled: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile (1876). The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples in Nubia, southern Egypt. The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Nubian Monuments, which run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan). The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh, and to intimidate his Nubian neighbors. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir. The relocation of the temples was necessary to avoid their being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser. Legend has it that Abu Simbel was a young local boy who guided archeologists to the site of the buried temple which he had seen from time to time in the shifting sands. Eventually, they named the complex after him.
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