{"id":56828,"date":"2023-03-11T17:43:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T15:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/cairo\/en\/?p=56828"},"modified":"2023-03-11T17:43:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T15:43:22","slug":"rare-pictures-of-the-abu-simbel-temple-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/cairo\/en\/latest\/rare-pictures-of-the-abu-simbel-temple-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Pictures of The Abu Simbel Temple Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abu Simbel Temple was Cut and Transferred<\/h2>\n

In 1968, while the high dam was being constructed in Egypt, the Nile water kept rising, threatening to endanger Ramses II’s statue.<\/p>\n

So, to avoid endangering thousands of years of history, Egypt conducted a miraculous archaeological mission to transfer the statues to a safe location.<\/p>\n

The entire site was cut up into large pieces, from 20 to 30 tons, and the parts were dismantled and reinstalled again at the new location of Abu Simbel.<\/p>\n

The statue now lies at the height of\u00a065 m and 200 m above the river level.<\/p>\n

The entire mission cost reached almost $40 million, from 1964 to 1968.<\/p>\n

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