The Great Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, built in approximately 1244 BC, is located in southern Egypt on the shores of the Nile River. In 1813, J.L. Burckhardt discovered the temple, but was unable to locate the entrance, because a large portion of the front of the structure was buried in sand. In 1964, because of the construction of the Aswan Dam, the temple was in danger of being submerged deep underwater in what would become Lake Nasser. It was decided that the historic structure would be completely disassembled and moved 65 meters higher up the cliff and 200 meters back in order to save it. The entire project would cost 40 million dollars and would take four years to complete.
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