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Abu Simbel

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... moved to a new Nile island in 1960's and popular, but less-so than Abu Simbel.

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Pictures left side: the desert road Aswan-Abu Simbel; Nefertari's Temple of Hathor, one of two Abu Simbel temples; the nearly drowned Philae temple on an island in the upper Nile. Right side: Ramesses II Temple; Ramesses II temple bas reliefs of a Egyptian warrior defeating the enemy; Philae temple reliefs.

Of course Aswan's other must-do is a final Egyptian sight, 175 miles [280kms] further south and practically on the border with Sudan, Abu Simbel's monumental Ramses II statues and temple, moved here when the Aswan Dam was built and Lake Nasser was about to drown the edifice.
Many tourists coming to Abu Simbel fly but a long car or bus ride is an option and...More Abu Simbel information in our Aswan Guide

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