Photo-Finish Friday -- Morning in Egypt

Morning on Lake Nasser, Egypt.

Illuminating

Today's one of two days of the year when sunlight penetrates the inner sanctum at Abu Simbel, Egypt.

It illuminates the statues of Re- Horakhte and Amon-Re as well as Ramses II.

It's been going on for thousands of years. Seems to me when Abu Simbel was relocated up the hill a bit so it wouldn't be flooded by Lake Nasser planners were careful to make sure this illumination wasn't harmed. It got set back day, that's all.
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Photo-Finish Friday -- Morning

 

Morning on Lake Nasser, Egypt.

Inviting

Don't wade across.

They look like islands.
Of course that's what they are now, but they were once the tops of hills, mountains almost.
The waters of Lake Nasser  reach very close to the tops. Many hills contained archeological sites. Some got moved, others flooded.

Temple of Philae

This is part of the Temple of Philae.
It's on an island in Lake Nasser. The lake was created when the Aswan Dam was built and the resulting lake flooded many archeological sites.
Several, such as this one, were dismantled and moved to higher ground.
I hadn't realized these were relief carvings until I saw them with my own eyes in real life.