Abu Simbel

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For those who make the trip to Aswan, there are tours daily to Abu Simbel. They however start at 3 a.m.!!
So you arrive at Abu Simbel at 7 a.m., tired as heel but whatever.
Abu Simbel is four 20 m statues of Ramses II carved out of a mountainside. It was built to show his power, and if you could imagine in 1500 B.C. floating down the Nile and coming across this it wuld scare the hell right out of you. Now once again this entire structure was moved vertically up the mountain when the Nile was dammed. Beside it is the Temple of Hathor with its 10 m statues of Ramses II and wife Nefertari.
Worth the visit!

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