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In the 60s, some of Egypt's most sacred sites faced destruction from the creation of a high Dam at Aswan. A multi-national alliance stepped in to help save these ancient sites, leading to one of history's most ambitious engineering projects.
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@johnpartridge7623 Год назад

All those different Nationalities coming together to do a job was just brilliant but for me the Labourers, Egyptian etc who did the Manual work are the real heroes of that job 👍👍👍👍👍👍

@mlfett6307 Год назад

in 1969 when I was 10, my uncle gave me a few Nat Geo mags to read. One of them detailed the move of the Abu Simbel temples. I was enthralled. It was an article I read over and over again, and helped grow my life-long interest in Ancient Egypt. Even though my education and career turned out to be in computers, I still have that magazine as well as many other books on the subject. Still an ancient history fan after all these years.

@MsWaleed1992 Год назад

Can you upload the pictures of magzine on google drive and share the link

@tonoxavier9718 Год назад

In 1969, we Chinese were suffering from the horrendous Culture Revolution.Countless ancient monuments and sculptures were demolished and damaged.That was a real purgatory in human history.

@paulfrancis8836 Год назад

Most a Ancient China has not been discovered, Be it unknowingly or knowingly. China, for the most part, has been left out of history. Archeologist should press hard against China's regime.

@blackberryrasin321 Год назад

@@MsWaleed1992 eec😂vvvv

@mikereilly7629 Год назад

I also was 10 years when they moved the two temples. My next door neighbor gave me his entire collection of Nat Geographic. I grew up fascinated by all the ancient and natural history in those yellow magazines. To this day I still have every issue from the very first ever printed up to 1985. Too old to move that many boxes again

@Dan-xx5jq Год назад

I am so glad the world came together and saved this important piece of history. I am glad they didn't just give up and say it was too costly or too much world. it is just incredible feat!!!!

@tonoxavier9718 Год назад

In 1969, we Chinese were suffering from the horrendous Culture Revolution.Countless ancient monuments and sculptures were demolished and damaged.That was a real purgatory in human history.

@starcrib Год назад

China is the extinction level events- *[ for themselves ]...Sadly . 👥️👥️👥️🎬😢

@narmar8449 9 месяцев назад

Chinese people sucks. Greedy!!

@GehanAdel Год назад

This is the most sophisticated operation you may have ever seen , came with those ingenious and brilliant ideas deserve to be taught and exhibited always as part of history this painstaking labor shouldn't be forgotten. As always you deserve more than like 🌷👏

@johnfarrelly4753 10 месяцев назад

I started watching or should i say reading about the move in Look Magazine, I followed it through arti cles in Look and Nat Geo all through high school and college. i was lucky in that my parents subscribed to both Look and Life magazine and of course 4 daily newspapers on my Dad's salary as a truck driver for a department store. they opened the world of great things to me, I subscribed to Nat Geo for 60 years, my son became enthralled by archeology and stories of saving antiquity, Now he has a 13 year old daughter who hasn't learned at thing about it, even though she has access to Nat'Geo. i told her that she isn't related to her dad and me, learn something that is important to history.

@ellenmadsen7308 10 месяцев назад

A French woman, Christian’s Desroches, an Egyptologist, was the total impetus of this project. If not for her tenacity, Abu Simbel would no longer exist.

@robadkins2304 9 месяцев назад

Empress of the Nile by Lynne Olson is a well written account of Christiane Desroches-Nobkecourt life.

@emilyderry5466 Год назад

I can't help but wonder what Rameses II would have made of all of this.... it was an amazing feat of engineering really...

@andrewtongue7084 Год назад

Phenomenal feat of engineering. Sadly, this type of international co-operation seems to no longer be apparent; this is how far we, as nations, have retreated back behind our respective borders, & in effect, shut the door. I have said this on countless occasions before. The Twentieth Century citizenry of the globe were the greatest - after those of the ancient world. How small in mind & stature we have become... Thank you so much for this particular episode.

@fanfam Год назад

It's not because of us people of the nation. It's because of the greed of power and control with money as their tool by our socalled leaders in an endless cyclus of war, rest and inflation. We the people will stand tall with all of humanity. Never forget it's not us.

@andrewtongue7084 Год назад

& I agree, fanfam - this is a global issue concerning those in power, not the ordinary citizenry; it has always been thus.

@starcrib Год назад

When i went to the monuments in 2022: I had this documentary as existing knowledge - it made the trek even more spectacular - given the high probability that these magnificent temples escaped total water immersion , and eventually erosion into nothingness- they survived with the engineering feats of the Mid 20th Century Technology. Future-Past Never Looked So Good. 🌿🌐🌿

@luxeford547 Год назад

My mother dated a man who was a part of the many teams involved in the moving of the Abu Simbel temple. At nine, I was already an ancient Egypt nut, but what a joy it was scouring his library and reading all the books on Egyptian history and hearing him narrate the slideshow of pictures he had taken. Apparently the saws used were made of Swedish steel, because it was the best.

@marieton Год назад

He is not your father

@joepaullawncare7222 Год назад

Your mom dated many men

@Simmer1983 Год назад

We are still baffled by how the old Egyptians build the pyramids but I think in return they also would be impressed by this achievement of the modern world.

@pagalmasala Год назад

My late grandpa who traveled to Cairo in the 70s, told me that “one of those statues at Abu Simbel looks like that ol fella got bored and left….and forgot to take his butt and legs with him.” 😂😂

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

This is an amazing documentary. It's astonishing that they were able to save these ancient Egyptian monuments. Let's give everyone who worked on this incredible project a big round of applause, everybody!

@paulfrancis8836 Год назад

Engineers have to be a little crazy to overcome what others perceive as obstacles.

@brendabrass2715 Год назад

To see it now it looks as if it were always situated there. The amount of water in the new Lake Nasser was so massive, it changed the rotation of the earth.

@marieton Год назад

This was an incredible project. If the can see from the other word the world world the left behind. Ramsey would be one one proud ki king bossing to other Kings from other places .

@paco7992 Год назад

Just to get the hundreds of engineers ego's all working together is as amazing as the move itself! Is there some sort of plaque that will stand the test of time that explains what has been done to educate far future generations that these things have been moved (and altered) from their original locations? Like a Rosetta stone?

@kaboom-zf2bl Год назад

ahh yes I remember when this was all over the various news places ... time nat geo a few tv shows like david suzuki etc ... bloody collosal job it was ...

@ParanormalVibes Год назад

We are amazed how they made these structures yet we move the whole structure to a new location …. Thousands years later no one will know it has been moved from its original location or so we think

@karaDee2363 Год назад

I remember seeing this monumental engineering marvel in photographic detail in the national geographic magazines at my aunt and uncle's house, it was so fascinating and is what got me hooked on ancient Egypt... It's too bad this video documentary did not use the photographs national geographic took of them dismantling and reassembling the Temple..

@Ableten Год назад

Another quality documentary but why the excessive truck horn transitions?

@natasjadirken5633 Год назад

Yes!! They'd startle me over and over again!

@joeblogh2340 11 дней назад

I think Monster Moves was a tv show on Nat Geo and that was their little transition between scenes. I would guess, having watched other National Geographic tv shows that do the same silly thing.

@Funmedia101 3 месяца назад

One of the best video i've ever seen.

@epiphilosophy Год назад

"what they must do is clean the oily residue between Rameses's ears" 26:20

@Chris.Davies Год назад

4:36 - Rectangular doorway and circular light shape. The graphics here are like a school student's!

@johnjasperguce4125 Год назад

Good episode..wish i can visit egypt...2 problems...budget and covid😔😔Hard to travel indeed not like in the past much easy.

@nitish31ful Год назад

How was second statue destroyed?

@andrealee8796 Год назад

Patrick Star; Let's take Abu Simbel and push it somewhere else!

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

It turns out Patrick had the right idea.

@vito9674 Год назад

Excuse me , BUT MT RUSHMORE are NOT only statues as was said in this Doc ! It was carved out of a Granite Mountain !

@jhny95 7 месяцев назад

Unbelivable !

@mahametwaly1664 Месяц назад

Thanx

@NiekEdeling Год назад

If the sun would'nt have been alligned... they could have moved the sun 🙂

@hannahbrown2728 Год назад

Really wish they had taken the time to remove the random truck horns that were probably around old commercial cuts.

@JCO2002 Год назад

Great stuff. But I have to note that as long as the corridor was level and pointing anywhere between about 25 deg north or south of due east, the sun would shine in at sunrise twice a year. It just happened to be that alignment and those days when it was constructed. If had been on the two equinoxes, then you could say it was intentional.

@Dan-xx5jq Год назад

I wish I had learned this in history at school instead of Henry Vlll and his 9 wives.

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

Henry VIII had 6 wives, Dan. Do your research!

@queencleo1151 Год назад

Why in the world didn't they divert the river? In Dubai we see a palm-tree design of man-made islands in the middle of the sea...!

@natasjadirken5633 Год назад

Because they were building a dam, and the Nile needed to rise 60 meters to fill the reservoir. So relocating the Nile was not even an issue.

@warriordog4094 Год назад

if you notice the Abu Simbel Temple, is not the same technology as the pyramids ....

@bibonagy 11 месяцев назад

What I hate in Egypt is they they’re sooo aggressive when asking tips

@stephenbrinckerhoff3510 Год назад

I remember this happening and the troubles they had with the engineering to turn it into a 3D jigsaw puzzle. Makes you wonder, if it was so difficult to move it with all our modern knowledge and machinery and engineering improvements, how the heck did they build it thousands of years ago?

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

Ancient Alien Theorists say "Haven't you ever watched our show?" 😉🤦

@stephenbrinckerhoff3510 Год назад

@@mariakelly90210 Yes. but I don't subscribe to theories. Just facts, please.

@shakeelali20 11 месяцев назад

@@stephenbrinckerhoff3510 Bronze tools, well fed and paid Egyptian labourers and plenty of time. Those are what the facts indicate at sites like Abu Simbel, Giza, Karnak etc.

@stephenbrinckerhoff3510 11 месяцев назад

@@shakeelali20 Weak response. How could they move and cut stone that is harder than most and weigh so much that we cannot do it , even though being "more superior" in technology?

@shakeelali20 11 месяцев назад

@@stephenbrinckerhoff3510 We literally can do it. Countless channels with actual historians and archaeologists have redone experiments showing its possible with enough TIME. People seem to forget, efficiency and return on investment wasn't a concept when your God-King tells you to build a shiny new monument. Calling something with mountain's of evidence 'weak' simply because you refuse to acknowledge or believe it shows you're disingenuous and set in your beliefs. Modern tools make things like carving granite and lifting 30tonne obelisks a breeze, because we do it quickly. The Egyptians did it too. They just had a tonne more man and animal power and time.

@Chris.Davies Год назад

And yet according to the LAHT crowd, we can't even move a 1,000 ton block in 2022. This when the world's largest mobile crane which can be driven on the road has a lifting capacity of 1,200 tons, and the world's largest crane can lift 20,000 tons.

@JohnICGomes Год назад

6:07 someone seem to have vandalized the statue with carved word - Hameen

@farsanaashraf950 5 месяцев назад

🎉

@manlyphal959 2 дня назад

Surely Aliens had to have moved it haha

@sonnyeast3862 Год назад

If you want to see Egyptian artifacts, they’re in London -not Egypt, ironically!

@rayyanez3527 Год назад

ALL OF THEM !!!???????? ..... RIGHT!!!!🙄

@theoztreecrasher2647 Год назад

Actually the artifacts of Egyptian civilization and artistry are scattered widely around the world in addition to the very large amounts still in Egypt. Fortunately!!! That way they are widely available for learned study and their chances of survival for future generations are infinitely better than say the Buddhas of Bamiyan or the monuments of Palmyra. There will always be nutters in the world. The least we can do is try to limit the effects of their delusions.

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

When did Abu Simbel get moved to London?

@claudebentley8347 3 месяца назад

This is another version of man landing on the moon !

@mikejones-go8vz Год назад

The animated truck is annoying

@jaybee9269 Год назад

How am I just hearing about this.

@fanfam Год назад

Living under a stone?

@taniekawest3151 Год назад

These folks destroyed ancient Egypt Nubian heritage while building the Aswan high dam this was not a victory but a pride move which flooded and displaced ancient nubia

@Floyd-ow6vf 7 месяцев назад

so let me get this straight ,Egypt builds a big dam that could destroy many century's of history and then cry for help --now they are guardians of ancient Egypt with a loony egyptoligist called Zahi Hawass owning and running the show now.i just shake my head in disbelief

@capbaby75 Год назад

What's up with these porn ads in the comments.... Jeeze!

@theoztreecrasher2647 Год назад

They make money for RU-vid so no chance in Hades that they'll ever be automatically expunged from these sites. Just hit the 'Report" button every time you see them. A thankless exercise but every little bit helps.

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

I know! I just reported it.

@ekm4881 Год назад

They should have diverted R.Nile instead

@sonnyeast3862 Год назад

These sites were looted over 10,000 years ago, maybe that’s why we lost so much sacred ancient knowledge perhaps.

@urbanurchin5930 Год назад

Well...that would be tough to loot them - that far back - since they were only constructed about 3200 years ago.....exaggeration much ??

@theoztreecrasher2647 Год назад

BS, ole son. These temples were carved approximately 3,200 years ago. Take your nutcase theories along to your next psychiatrist's appointment!

@Paul-tw9ze Год назад

Thanks modern human for destroying something greater than your mind can comprehend

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

Seriously? WTH are you talking about?

@wayneallen9192 Год назад

Ancient Egypt... Sounds like yet another Pyramid scheme to me...🤣

@Chris.Davies Год назад

18:11 - Continuously add water and an appropriate cutting compound, you muppets! I know people aren't very smart, but you have to actually use your brain when facing challenges. The world was built by humans who said "There must be an easier way."

@UnitSe7en Год назад

Not on sandstone you nimrod.

@eggbert191 Год назад

One of the biggest crimes against the ancients in history. The alignments with the stars and sun are no longer the same and it's in a man made mountain. Absolutely shameful

@syndieb4029 Год назад

So what were they supposed to do let it disappear beneath the waters?

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

No it wasn't a crime. Quite the opposite, as a matter of fact.

@starcrib Год назад

Look ☝🏻- Another hillbilly with an Opinion.

@fanfam Год назад

It's a crime yes. The dam should not gave been build. But remember we are maybe the first in history of humanity we "care" a little bit about history in the way we do by rebuilding.

@stev838 Год назад

Willful destruction. What else that remains below 30 yards of water. Put there on purpose Odd how you left that out

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

WTH are you talking about?

@stev838 Год назад

@@mariakelly90210 the monuments were moved before investigating the areas below A dam was put in and the area was flooded. In the sixties

@swim2kill Год назад

Aliens taught the modern engineers how to cut and move the temple. The same aliens who taught the ancient Egyptians how to build the temple lol

@dakotashea3561 Год назад

Oh my god, they're going to destroy these monuments and the ancient astronomical alignments held between them and the skies... let's just destroy history

@Nozylatten Год назад

Water would anyway.

@eggbert191 Год назад

@@Nozylatten by a modern man made dam

@theoztreecrasher2647 Год назад

@@eggbert191 and Dakota Shea ... And the cranks are onto their keyboards even before the opening credits have rolled let alone before they have watched the video. The temples were re-assembled high and dry out of the way of the dam's waters (and with measures taken against salt migration damage - a problem from ancient times!) in as exact a position to the same alignments as before as the science of the times allowed. Thus allowing the illumination of the 3 statues on the twice yearly cycle as intended by the ancient architects. It should be noted that, because of the accumulated drift of the Tropic of Cancer due to Earth's axial precession over the intervening 3,200-odd years, the actual dates of those events must be different now than when the temple was built anyhow!

@UnitSe7en Год назад

@@eggbert191 Get some fucking perspective.

@Isabella-nh5dm Год назад

That's what people do and they do it well. Communist China, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Qhmer Rouge, Greece, Egypt, Africa. The list of destruction of historical sites is endless.

@jerrymcdaniel4539 Год назад

Is the narrator Captain Jack Sparrow?

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

No, it's definitely not Johnny Depp.

@p8k518 2 месяца назад

SHAME!!!

@user-mi7zx2ki5o Год назад

saved not to save

@VaranusVideos Год назад

"They've lasted thousands and thousands of years and are in great shape".."let's cut them up to preserve them!!!" Something fishy going on

@rayyanez3527 Год назад

Did U !??? EVEN !!!!!🙄 Bother! To Even WATCHED IT!??????? Its Abou!!!!!🤯t WHY ???????!

@VaranusVideos Год назад

@@rayyanez3527 hahaa nope just responded to the picture... watching now relax hahaa

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

@@VaranusVideos Oh shut the hell up.

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

@@VaranusVideos Oh shut the hell up, troll.

@collinsoconnor5843 Год назад

This is a bad idea. You should just let them Bai Lan.

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

WTH are you talking about?

@speakupriseup4549 Год назад

What was the point of this, just making a video of recreating something that was accomplished on a vastly greater scale 50 years ago?

@mariakelly90210 Год назад

Educational.

@ssherrierable Год назад

That monument should have been left alone right where it was. If god wanted it moved than he’d move it himself. Nature needs to take its course.

@frederickbays405 Год назад

but nature had nothing to do with this. It was humans who built the dam to gt power so that more humans could live there. Before this the valley could support maybe 9M and there was already more then that in the valley If humans would just stop the belief system BS and stop breeding until pop dropped below 9M in valley then it would be alright to take dam down and let nature be again. This is true WW. There are just too many humans on Ma Terra

@h.r.hufnstuf4171 Год назад

sorry but these monuments have nothing to do with your god, not his to move.

@frederickbays405 Год назад

@@h.r.hufnstuf4171 My god that shows u how little u know of me I am The Great Gpd Fred hear my words and tremble I am the only god u will have none before me Sounds kind of dumb doesnt it B/c it is for there r no god(s) just made up myths

@h.r.hufnstuf4171 Год назад

@@frederickbays405 on some good meth im gonna guess

@frederickbays405 Год назад

@@h.r.hufnstuf4171 No gave up doing Methedrine and morphine in 1981 when I found My Love Gt hook on it while in VN 1970 Working 20 to 24 hr a day for 309 days U need the help to do what u were doing The Meth was to keep u awake so u could do what u were doing and the morphine was to make it so u didnt care what u were doing Only way most of us made it through that dirty little war