Abu Simbel temples (Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae)

Assembled from 9 blocks · 1 evidence · 2 related

1. Story
2. The rock-cut temples of Ramesses II and Nefertari, carved in the 13th century BCE into a cliff above the Nile in Lower Nubia. When the Aswan High Dam, decided in 1954, was set to drown them beneath Lake Nasser, the temples were cut into blocks and reassembled on higher ground between 1964 and 1968, work at Abu Simbel ending on 22 September 1968. The rescue is the founding demonstration of the idea this journey is about: dozens of States paid to save monuments that stood on Egyptian territory and belonged, legally, to Egypt. Abu Simbel is today inscribed as part of the serial property 'Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae'.
3. Knowledge
4. Abu Simbel temples (Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae)
5. Connections
6. International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
7. Abu Simbel cut apart and rebuilt on higher ground
8. Evidence
9. Egypt and Sudan requested UNESCO assistance in 1959; the Director-General launched an international appeal in 1960; the campaign relocated 22 monuments in Lower Nubia, closed on 10 March 1980, and is credited with prompting the 'World Heritage Trust' concept and ultimately the 1972 Convention. ALSO: Engineers dismantled and re-erected the Abu Simbel temples on higher ground between 1964 and 1968, with work concluding on 22 September 1968, in response to the reservoir created by the Aswan High Dam.