Impressively intricate relocation of the Abu Simbel temple, circa 1964

We stumbled upon this picture of the impressively intricate relocation of Ramses’ statues from the Abu Simbel temple in Aswan, circa 1964. It’s a little bit unsettling to see Ramses the Great’s face hanging a few meters away from the rest of his colossus body, and we do have to commend the archaeologists for not being crippled by the fear of destroying a 3,000-year-old artefact. We’re guessing they didn’t have Amir glue back then.