GREAT DISCOVERIES · 13th C. BCE
Abu Simbel, Egypt
The temples were carved around 1260 BCE. An international campaign led by UNESCO moved them between 1964 and 1968, before the Aswan High Dam flooded the valley.
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The story, as a puzzle
Temples that moved uphill.
In the 1960s, two temples carved into a cliff for Ramesses II were cut into blocks and rebuilt on higher ground to save them from the waters of a new dam. Pin them.
Where it is
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