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Abu Simbel

...go to the tiny but perfectly formed Philae temple instead,
still busy but a lot easier to get to.

Pictures: Abu Simbel, far south; Philae temple, Aswan; Abu Simbel interior temple etchings.

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Of course Aswan's other maybe-must-do is a final Egyptian sight, 175 miles [280kms] further south and practically on the border with Sudan, Abu Simbel's monumental Ramases II statues and temple, moved here when the Aswan High Dam was built and Lake Nasser was about to drown the edifice.
Many tourists coming to Abu Simbel fly but a long bus ride is an option and could include a visit to the Aswan Dam and another potentially immersed temple that was moved to a dry spot, little but lovely Philae.

Henry:
From Cairo we got the train down the Nile to Aswan to visit the Sun Temple of Abu Simbel, built by Ramases II over 3,000 years ago. It was one of the most impressive sights I have ever seen and what was even more incredible was that the whole thing had been moved to a higher position above the Nile to prevent it being flooded by the waters trapped behind the Aswan dam.

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