Epic engineering rescued colossal ancient Egyptian temples from floodwaters. In 1960, a new dam on the Nile threatened Ramses II’s temples at Abu Simbel and other ancient treasures.

Ancient magnificence and skill met with equally impressive modern technology as, at a cost of about $40 million, Egyptian, Italian, Swedish, German and French archaeological teams cut the temples ...

The site of Abu Simbel is one of the most recognizable ancient sites in Egypt. For 3,000 years, it sat on the west bank of the Nile River, between the first and second cataracts of the Nile ...

Nevine El-Aref, Tuesday 16 Feb 2016. The whole world will celebrate the golden jubilee of Abu Simbel temple salvage operation at its footsteps next week ...

The twin temples of Abu Simbel were originally carved out of the mountainside in the deserts of Nubia, Upper Egypt, in the 13th century B.C.E. Nubia, which borders contemporary Sudan, was an area ...

Perhaps the greatest achievement of all was the preservation of the temples at Abu Simbel. Ancient magnificence and skill met with equally impressive modern technology as, at a cost of about $40 ...