In a remarkable feat of engineering, the temple complex was dismantled, moved from its original location on the banks of the Nile, and rebuilt on a higher hill near Lake Nassar to make way for the Aswan High Dam in the 1960’s.

In a remarkable feat of engineering, the temple complex was dismantled, moved from its original location on the banks of the Nile, and rebuilt on a higher hill near Lake Nassar to make way for the Aswan High Dam in the 1960’s.