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.
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.