The two Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae are the ... In 1959, this magnificent relic risked annihilation. Egypt was building the Aswan High Dam, needed to boost ...

Digitized by the UNESCO Archives. A production of UNESCO and the Abu Simbel Joint Venture. When the work began on the High Aswan Dam in Upper Egypt, the two temples of Abu Simbel, carved in the living ...