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40 Million Dollars, 50 Countries and 1,035 Blocks to Climb a Temple 65 M Higher: the Sun Now Enters a Late Day

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Imagine having to cut a 3,200-year-old temple in more than a thousand blocks, then repast it 65 meters higher, like a gigantic stone meccano. This is exactly what Egypt did with the help of UNESCO to save the temples of Abu Simbel from the waters of Lake Nasser. Unexpected result of this operation [...]
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In Egypt, a 3,000-year-old ancient temple, threatened with destruction by dam waters, was dismantled into hundreds of blocks weighing tons and transported to the top of a mountain in an operation carried out by hundreds of engineers. 🚆

Imagine having to cut a 3,200-year-old temple in more than a thousand blocks, then repast it 65 meters higher, like a gigantic stone meccano. This is exactly what Egypt did with the help of UNESCO to save the temples of Abu Simbel from the waters of Lake Nasser. Unexpected result of this operation [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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