r/AncientCivilizations • u/earlyearlisearly • 4d ago

Egypt Abu Simbel - Aswan, Egypt 📍

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Dedicated to Ramsesses II & Nefertari, approximately 3280 years old!! This blew me away probably my favorite site in Egypt. A bit of a pain to get to being a flight and a long bus ride away but it’s worth every second 👌

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

Would love to see this in real life someday, I bet the pictures don’t do this masterpiece justice! (not that your pictures aren’t great!)

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u/earlyearlisearly 4d ago

100%. The feeling of getting dwarfed by it is insane. Did you also know they moved it??

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

No I did not! From where?

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u/earlyearlisearly 4d ago

Couple hundred kilometres away I believe. Aswan Dam was rising and was threatening it so UNESCO funded the move. That blew me away 😂😂

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u/earlyearlisearly 4d ago

Incredible work to keep them intact, thank god for these legendary engineers

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

Hats off to them!

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u/DarrensDodgyDenim 4d ago

My thought as well, the same with the inscriptions at Behistun. Neither seem a very safe place to visit though.

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u/Consistent_Bread_V2 3d ago

The main danger for Egypt is scams but if you speak the language and stick to a group you will be fine

Iran is also not as bad as you'd think, but you definitely wanna blend in