Pharaoh Ramses II had the temple built in 1257.
The temples of Abu Simbel was built in 1257BC
The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples built by Pharaoh Ramesses II. The temples were built during the 13th Century B.C. to commemorate Ramesses's alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh.
Abu Simbel is famous for being the location of two temples built by the Pharaoh Ramesses II.
There is a dam at Assam in India, but no monument was moved. There is the Aswan Dam in Egypt and when it was built the Temples of Abu Simbel had to be moved and re-built.
The Abu Simbel Temples are two massive rock temples carved in the thirteenth century BCE. They are located on the banks of Lake Nassar in Nubia, in southern Egypt.
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The Abu Simbel Temples were built by Ramses II in 1274-1244. They were built as a monument to himself, his reign and his favorite wife Nefertiti. In the 1960's UNESCO relocated to escape the rising waters of Lake Nasser.
The Abu Simbel Temples are two big rocks situated in Abu Simbel, Nubia in Egypt. They were carved out of a mountainside during the rule of Ramesses II.
A Pharaoh built it because he wanted it.
In Nubia, Egypt.
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