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These are known as the Abu Simbel temples. From Wikipedia : "The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above theAswan High Dam reservoir. The relocation of the temples was necessary to prevent their being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser, the massive artificial water reservoir formed after the building of the Aswan High Dam on theNileRiver."
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What monument was removed when asam dam was built?
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.
What happened when the Aswan Dam was built?
The Aswan Dam was built to control the niles constant flooding. The Aswan Dam had a trade-off. It promoted good fising and created electricity for factories, but also grows crops that kill plants and have disease carrying snails.
Why was Ramesses II temple moved at Abu Simbel?
It was moved to avoid flooding from the Aswan High Dam.
What ancient Egyptian monuments were moved when the aswan high dam was built?
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When was th aswan dam built?
The Aswan Dam was built in 1968 and they finished the Dam in 1970.
When was aswan dam built?
The Aswan High Dam, commonly referred to as just the Aswan Dam, was built between the years of 1960 and 1970. The Aswan Low Dam, or Old Aswan Dam, was completed in 1902.
Who built the aswan dam?
Jason Akhlabalkinoy built the Aswan dam in Egypt in 1960 and 1970
What dam was built across the Nile?
Aswan Dam
Whose mortuary temple was located in Abu Simbel until it was moved in 1968 to save it from the Aswan Dam Reservoir?
Ramses II
What happened to the last rapids of the Nile River?
Two dams were built at that point - the newer Aswan High Dam and the older Aswan Dam or Aswan Low Dam.
Was the sphinx moved to accommodate the aswan dam?
No it wasn't.
What structure was built to contol the flooding of the nile?
the answer is the Aswan dam it was built to hold back the nile`s river flood waters.
