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A golden sunbeam illuminates a 3,000-year-old Egyptian temple (apnews.com)

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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.

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[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

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.

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[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I only found out last year, that through the 1900s, Stonehenge has also been restored, and monoliths moved from their original positions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge#1901%E2%80%932000

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