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Photo Gallery: Abu Simbel
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Egypt's monuments stud the Nile in timeless testament to a civilization that endured for three millennia. Proclaiming his power to neighboring Nubians, Ramses II of Dynasty XIX had this huge temple hewn out of rock at Abu Simbel. Today it stands on higher ground.

—From the National Geographic book People and Places of the Past: The National Geographic Illustrated Cultural Atlas of the Ancient World, 1983
David S. Boyer
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