Abu Simbel

Temple of Ramses II  Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel is an archaeological site comprising two massive rock temple in southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 290 km southwest of Aswan. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage sites, known as the "Nubian Monuments", which starts from the direction of the flow of the river from Abu Simbel

to Philae near Aswan

Abu Simbel relocation

Nefertar Temple Abu Simbel

Dual temples were originally carved out of the mountains in the reign of King Ramses II in the 13th century BC, a permanent monument to him and Queen Nefertari, to commemorate his victory in the Battle of Kadesh. However, in 1960 was transferred to complex installations college elsewhere, on an artificial hill made of the structure of the dome, above the Aswan High Dam in Aswan

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