September
21
/ 2018
50-years-ago almost to the day, arguably the world’s most complicated archaeological missions concluded after the entire temple complex at Abu Simbel was dismantled, block by dusty block, and rebuilt on higher ground to save it from being flooded by the Nile River. This monumental UNESCO-led project relocated 20 gigantic stone monuments from the Abu Simbel temple complex in Nubia, in southern Egypt near the border with Sudan, to save them from being submerged by the rising waters of the Nile River. The project officially concluded on September 22, 1968, after an eight year-long international effort involving 1000 workers. Today, we look back at this remarkable feat of heritage protection. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"52784","attributes":{"alt":"Abu Simbel, Nefertari Temple, Lake Nasser, Egypt. (CC BY-SA 2.0)","class":"media-image","style":"width: 610px
