The Aswan High Dam is one of the world's largest embankment dams, built across the Nile at Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Abu Simbel is a historic site comprising two massive rock-cut temples for Rameses II and wife Nefetari in the village of Abu Simbel near the border with Sudan. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968 to higher ground to avoid it being submerged by Lake Nasser, the Aswan Dam reservoir.
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Egypt_600Standing on the Aswan High Dam wall, on the left (upstream) is the 500 km reservoir called Nasser Lake, created by the dam.Standing on the Aswan High Dam wall and looking north at the continuing Nile. There are hydroelectric works on the right.Nearby to the dam is the monument of Arab-Soviet Friendship (Lotus Flower) by architects Piotr Pavlov, Juri Omeltchenko and sculptor Nikolay VechkanovAt Abu Simbel - Ramasses II Temple on the left, Nefertari Temple on the right.Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel - smaller figures of his wife Nefetari and children can be seen at his feet.Temple of Ramesses II at Abu SimbelTemple of Ramesses II at Abu SimbelTemple of Ramesses II at Abu SimbelTemple of Ramesses II at Abu SimbelTemple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel - smaller figures of his wife Nefetari and children can be seen at his feet.Detail on the outside of the Temple of Ramesses II at Abu SimbelTemple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel; sculptures inside commemorate Ramesses II's heroic leadership at the Battle of Kadesh.Inside the Temple of Ramesses II at Abu SimbelInside the Temple of Ramesses II at Abu SimbelThis is the innermost Sanctuary in the Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel. It is lit by the sun streaming through the temple at the summer solstice.Inside the Temple of Ramesses II at Abu SimbelInside the Temple of Ramesses II at Abu SimbelInside the Temple of Ramesses II at Abu SimbelInside the Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel