What did the Abu Simbel cave temples look like three thousand years ago? The architecture of the Temple of Ramesses II and the Temple of Nefertari, two ancient Egyptian temples carved into a cliff’s rock, is examined as we travel the Abu Simbel complex in southern Egypt today.
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