Between 1963 and 1968, Egypt and UNESCO undertook one of the greatest prowess of modern archaeology: cutting the temple of Abu Simbel into 1,035 blocks of stone to move it 65 metres higher, thus saving a 3,000-year-old monument from the submersion of Lake Nasser. A project that mobilized teams from around the world and cost the equivalent of 632 million dollars today. More
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Between 1963 and 1968, Egypt and UNESCO undertook one of the greatest prowess of modern archaeology: cutting the temple of Abu Simbel into 1,035 blocks of stone to move it 65 metres higher, thus saving a 3,000-year-old monument from the submersion of Lake Nasser. A project that mobilized teams from around the world and cost the equivalent of 632 million dollars today. More