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Nubian Monuments, Egypt
Image Attribution: Marco La Rosa
These enormous twin rock temples are thought to commemorate the Battle of Kadesh and were intended to reinforce the ancient Egyptian religion in Nubia. Although a source of great pride when they were built, the temples fell into disuse over the subsequent generations and by the 6th century BC the statues of the main temple stood knee-deep in sand. They were eventually buried altogether and forgotten until the Swiss explorer JL Buckhardt found part of the main temple's top frieze in 1813.
The site, Abu Simbel, is thought to have been named after a young boy who led the first archaeologists to the site.
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