Abu Simbel – Saved from the Flood

Once, Egypt’s mighty temple complex of Abu Simbel on the Sudanese border was a potent symbol of a pharaoh’s dominance. Then, for centuries it was forgotten, lost to the desert sands. Re-discovered, it faced annihilation, consigned to the bottom of the Nile’s waters forever.

The tale of how two absolute gems of ancient art – the colossal Abu Simbel and Aswan’s Philae Temple – were saved from oblivion is a love story to shared cultural heritage in the face of hardnosed progress.

Here is my story published in The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age Traveller and online at Traveller.com.au: https://www.traveller.com.au/egypt-nile-river-cruise-marvel-at-abu-simbel-and-philae-temple-h1he0j

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