Why were the Abu Simbel temples relocated during an international campaign in the 1960s?
To place them beside Tutankhamun's newly found tomb
To protect them from water rising behind the Aswan High Dam✓Bonne réponse
To complete an unfinished commission for Ptolemy V
To convert the temples into a modern military fort
Explication
The UNESCO-led campaign moved the temples away from water rising because of the Aswan High Dam project. The operation protected ancient monuments; it was not their original construction, which had occurred under Ramesses II many centuries earlier.