People often ask me, ‘well, it’s not really as exciting as Indiana Jones, now is it?’
I reply, ‘to an archaeologist, yes, it certainly is!’

— Zahi Hawass

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Abu Simbel Temple
Abu Simbel Temple

 

The Great Temple of Abu Simbel at night.  Built by the pharaoh Ramses II in the 19th Dynasty, Abu Simbel was at risk of destruction following the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960’s. Between 1964 and 1968, both the great temple and the smaller temple of Nefertari were relocated as part of a UNESCO campaign to rescue monuments threatened by the rising water. (Photo: SCA)

 

Further information: 
Philae Temple
Further information: 
Press Release - Ramses to go to Grand Museum

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Egypt
22° 21' 0.2736" N, 31° 35' 8.4948" E

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