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Moving an Egyptian temple stone by stone
Around 1960, The Egyptian monument, Abu Simbel, was at risk of being lost forever. Construction of the Aswan High Dam was under way, which would cause mass flooding of areas further down the Nile. In ...
Since 1250 B.C., the seated colossi of Abu Simbel have stared fixedly across the Nile and the Nubian desert toward the rising sun. By 1970, they will continue their vigil from the top of the sandstone ...
Sixty-five years ago, the monumental Abu Simbel was destined to disappear beneath the floodwaters of a new Nile dam. Then the first lady of the United States stepped in. After persuading her husband, ...
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