The Temple Built with Thousands of Tons of Stone that Was Dismantled and Rebuilt Elsewhere Not to Disappear Under the Waters

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In southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan, the temples of Abu Simbel almost disappeared when the construction of the Great Dam of Assuan created Lake Nasser. Abu Simbel's rescue demanded the dismantling of entire monuments into large blocks of stone, transporting them to a higher ground and rebuilding them while preserving as much as possible...