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By Cutting Two Temples in More than a Thousand Blocks Numbered Between 1964 and 1968, the Egyptians Literally Climbed an Entire Cliff 65 Meters Higher

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Between 1964 and 1968, an army of engineers and archaeologists cut out the two Nubian temples of Abu Simbel in more than a thousand blocks to lift them to a plateau 65 metres above. This international heritage rescue operation preserved a solar phenomenon of three thousand years old, to the nearest millimetre. More
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Between 1964 and 1968, an army of engineers and archaeologists cut out the two Nubian temples of Abu Simbel in more than a thousand blocks to lift them to a plateau 65 metres above. This international heritage rescue operation preserved a solar phenomenon of three thousand years old, to the nearest millimetre. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Monday, August 31, 2026.
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