The sunrise illuminated the face of the statue of Ramesses II in Egypt’s Abu Simbel temple on Thursday, something which happens only twice a year. Hundreds of tourists from different parts of the world came to witness the event.
The sunrise illuminated the face of the statue of Ramesses II in Egypt’s Abu Simbel temple on Thursday, something which happens only twice a year. Hundreds of tourists from different parts of the world came to witness the event.
It’s happened only twice a year since 1968, which is when the Abu Simbel temples were relocated from their original position to avoid being flooded by the Aswan dam.
I had a cd rom game from a cereal box where one of the mini games was relocating those statues before the water covered them.
I only found out last year, that Stonehenge has also been restored, and monoliths moved from their original positions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge#1901–2000