Inside Egypt's 3,200-year-old Abu Simbel temple - in pictures

The ancient structure was dismantled and rebuilt on higher ground in the 1960s to save it from flooding

Egyptian guard Abd El Sayed at the Abu Simbel temple in Aswan, Egypt. All photos by Reuters

Mr El Sayed with the key to the temple

Inside the temple, which dates back 3,200 years

It is located near the upper reaches of the Nile river

Statues of Pharaoh Ramses II, second right, and Amun, the god of light, second left, in the inner sanctum of the temple

The temple is dedicated to Ramses II and his wife Nefertiti

In the 1960s, a Unesco-led appeal saw the temple dismantled and rebuilt on higher ground to save it from flooding

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