After the low dam was completed in 1902, the site was often flooded, so in the 1960s the temple was moved, piece by piece, to higher ground some 500 metres downriver.

他告诉我们。自从1902年低坝建成后，这里就常常被洪水侵袭，因此在60年代神庙开始一点一点地搬迁到距离下游500米的高处。

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For thousands of years, the sitting figure of Ramses II watched over the Nil, till the construction of the Aswan dam threatened to drown the ancient temple under the waters of the river.

UNESCO: Culture

However, by the end of the century, plans were afoot to dam the Nile and it looked as though the Great Temple was doomed to be buried again, although on this occasion its coverage was intended to be water.

BBC: Abu Simbel: The great temple of Egypt