How do you move a 3,000-year-old temple? This documentary tells the extraordinary story of how Abu Simbel and other Egyptian monuments were cut into pieces and relocated to escape the rising waters of ...

Abu Simbel is one of Egypt’s most iconic monuments — but for over 3,000 years, it held a secret that fooled almost everyone.

For five years the problem was attacked by the world’s most imaginative engineers. Scheme after intricate scheme was devised on their drawing boards. Offer after expensive offer was made to save the ...

Sixty-five years ago, the monumental Abu Simbel was destined to disappear beneath the floodwaters of a new Nile dam. Then the first lady of the United States stepped in. After persuading her husband, ...

The Sun aligned on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 on face of King Ramses II’s statue at his great temple in Abu Simbel, southern Aswan a unique astronomical phenomenon continued for around 3,300 years.

First pub. under title: Y.A.A. ben-Jochannan's Abu Simbel-Ghizeh guide book/manual. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source ...