Welcome to Abu Simbel, a temple complex that lays about 40 kilometers north of Egypt’s border with Sudan. Beyond the statues, carvings and hieroglyphics of this temple is the intrigue of it getting moved.
True! The whole thing was moved!
After dam construction began on the Nile, many important historical sights were flooded. From 1964-1968 UNESCO headed up a team that created a dry dam around the two temples at this location, properly documented and numbered the giant pieces, then cut them into huge blocks to be reassembled just up the hill, on dry land. By the way, the work is flawless; the ‘cutting and pasting’ is invisible!
Another day and another way to be amazed in Egypt.
Pastor Leah
