Temples of Abu Simbel
Ramesses II's colossi, later moved to escape the Aswan Dam
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Ramesses II, who ruled Egypt for 66 years, had two temples with colossal statues of himself carved into a Nubian cliff. In the 1960s they were cut into blocks and moved uphill to escape the Aswan Dam reservoir in a landmark UNESCO rescue.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Middle East
- 1274 BC Battle of Kadesh — 10 years earlier
Asia
- c. 1250 BC Oracle bone inscriptions — 14 years later
Alive at the time
- Ramesses II (aged 39)
- Nefertari (aged 36)