One of the world’s wonders is the great rock-cut temple of Abu Simbel in Egypt. Built by the powerful pharaoh Rameses II around 1250 BCE, it glorified the pharaoh with a quartet of gigantic sculptures carved into the living rock of a mountain overlooking the Nile River. The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and is well-known for having been completely cut apart and moved to a new, higher site in 1968 when the construction of the Aswan High Dam created Lake Nasser, which would have flooded the original temple. Some other temples were also moved higher to escape the rising waters, including the pendant to this temple, one dedicated to Nefertari, Rameses’ wife. Still, many antiquities are now under the waters of Lake Nasser. I always thought it might be fun to dive down and see them.