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Piece by piece, Abu Simbel temples move to high ground
Estimated weight of statuary, carved and painted wall surfaces of Great and Small Temple is 11,500 tons; 20 to 30 ton segments of varying dimensions, into which temples have been cut up, are moved 600 ft in from original temple cliff face; 1200 ft long cofferdam was first requirement of salvage operation; details on excavation of cave, precision dissection and protection of monument.
Piece by piece, Abu Simbel temples move to high ground
Estimated weight of statuary, carved and painted wall surfaces of Great and Small Temple is 11,500 tons; 20 to 30 ton segments of varying dimensions, into which temples have been cut up, are moved 600 ft in from original temple cliff face; 1200 ft long cofferdam was first requirement of salvage operation; details on excavation of cave, precision dissection and protection of monument.
Piece by piece, Abu Simbel temples move to high ground
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 175
1965
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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