Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel was built by the great Ramses II. Built into a giant rock, this temple is huge. Carved into the front are four statues of Rames II. In the middle of the statues is the door. Through the door are eight statues of Ramses II.

When the Aswan Dam was made 13 temples had to be moved, one of them was Abu Simbel. This whole imense rock structure had to be moved or it would be ruined. It was taken apart and moved then rebuilt. Unless you knew that it had been moved you wouldn't know that it had.

In 1300 B.C., the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses the Second spent fourteen years building Abu Simbel, a temple of the gods. For this temple, the movement of the light was calculated so as to flood further into the temple as the sun rose, finally revealing the image of Ramses the Second at the front.