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#1 The four 20-metre-high statues of Pharaoh Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt, in 1964, before their relocation due to the Aswan High Dam’s rising Nile waters.

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#1 The four 20-metre-high statues of Pharaoh Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt, in 1964, before their relocation due to the Aswan High Dam’s rising Nile waters.

When Abu Simbel Temples of Egypt Relocated in the 1960s, From Their Original Site to a New Horizon in Egypt

#1 The four 20-metre-high statues of Pharaoh Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt, in 1964, before their relocation due to the Aswan High Dam’s rising Nile waters.

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