IIRC, those were moved recently, block by block, to allow the flooding of the valley where they originally were found.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_simbel
weird, i thought the taliban had blown up all the remaining pagan sculptures. who knew?
First I was amazed at the magnificent sculpture, then I was amazed that it was sliced and relocated.
Now I’m amazed my booger tasted that good.
@...skat1140: umm, apparently everyone in Egypt? dude, you need to re-take geography.
@...skat1140: And they blew up an ancient Buddha in Pakistan. *sigh*
I need to take more ancient art history and Archeology. Such awesome subject matter.
@...skat1140: Afghanistan too.
In which I hit the 10 minute mark with no problem.Do you love me?
IIRC, those were moved recently, block by block, to allow the flooding of the valley where they originally were found.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_simbel
weird, i thought the taliban had blown up all the remaining pagan sculptures. who knew?
First I was amazed at the magnificent sculpture, then I was amazed that it was sliced and relocated.
Now I’m amazed my booger tasted that good.
@...skat1140: umm, apparently everyone in Egypt? dude, you need to re-take geography.
@...skat1140: And they blew up an ancient Buddha in Pakistan. *sigh*
I need to take more ancient art history and Archeology. Such awesome subject matter.
@...skat1140: Afghanistan too.