The Suez Canal could possibly flood the wonderful place so in 1964-1948 archaeologists moved it from the middle of the cliff to the top of the cliff.
There is no direct flight from Cairo to Abu Simble , you have to have a connection in Aswan . But generally it takes about 01 hour from Cairo to Aswan and same for Abu Simble .
the Abu Simbel was moved a higher groundd fromm whenn it was buildd (1964-1966) becausee theyy wantedd too avoidd the Aswann Highh Damm[:
Ramses II
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Abu simbel
Abu Simbel
the rock temple at abu simbal
the rock temple at abu simbal
The rock temple of Ramses II
Mt. Rushmore, I believe.
Abu Simbel temple in Egypt was cut out of rock
Giovanni Belzoni