Abu Simbel - Egypt

The Abu Simbel temples consist of  two massive rock temples.
Their name comes from  the town where they are located.... Abu Simbel (Arabic: أبو سمبل ). This is a village in Nubia, southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan.

 

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They are situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 230 km southwest of Aswan

These temples were built by the Egyptian king Ramses II (reigned 1279–13 bce),

 These 4 statues are of the King Ramses

The temple was moved in the 1960s to save it from flooding after construction of the Aswan Dam

These temples were discovered in 1813 by the Swiss researcher Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. They were first explored in 1817 by the early Egyptologist Giovanni Battista Belzoni.

 Carved around their feet are small figures representing Ramses’ children, his queen, Nefertari, and his mother, Muttuy (Mut-tuy, or Queen Ti). 

 Prisoners of War ? 

Are these scenes of Ramses' victory at the Battle of Kadesh?

The temple itself is dedicated to the sun gods Amon-Re and Re-Horakhte.It consists of three halls extending into the cliff.

The rescue of these temples was a huge engineering feat. The top of the cliff was dug away and both temples were completely disassembled.

They were then reconstructed on higher ground ..... more than 200 feet (60 metres) above their previous site. In all, some 16,000 blocks were moved.