ABU SIMBEL

Abu Simbel lies 280 km south from Aswan. We traveled there by microbus. The convoy started at 4 a.m.,

behind the Nubian Museum. Abu Simbel is a magnificent place on the beach of the splendid Nasser Lake.

Abu Simbel.
Temple of Ramses II, and his wife Nofertari.

Ramses II in four copies.
His wife is much smaller at his feet.

Inside the temple:
Standing Ramses II,
in four copies.

Ancient war.

A view of the temples.

Lake Nasser in morning sunshine.

Lake Nasser was 'born' when the High Dam was constructed (1960).

The BIGGEST project of UNESCO: The Abu Simbel temples were moved. (This picture is displayed in the Nubian Museum, Aswan.)