The Abu Simbel Temple complex was built for Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC and completely relocated in one of the greatest feats of archaeological engineering in the late 1960s.
Ramesses II is arguably one of the greatest pharaohs of ancient Egypt, and also one of its most well-known. Ramesses II, the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty, ascended the throne of Egypt during his late teens in 1279 BC following the death of his father, Seti I.
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