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My favourite temple in Egypt. (Not strictly true as it sits over the border in ancient Nubia.) Built by Ramesses the Great to warn everyone entering Egypt, "I rule here, enter at your peril." When the new Aswan Dam was built this temple was moved 60 meters up the bank of the nile so that it didn't end up under the waters of the newly created Lake Nasser. The whole temple, facade and interior was cut into sections and each block lifted to its new position on the man made mountain it now resides.