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About the Archaeological Institute of America

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is North America's oldest and largest organization devoted to the world of archaeology. The AIA promotes a vivid and informed public interest in the cultures and civilizations of the past, supports archaeological research, fosters the sound professional practice of archaeology, advocates the preservation of the world's archaeological heritage, and represents the discipline in the wider world.

The Naval History and Heritage Command Underwater Archaeology Lab Artifacts

The Naval History and Heritage Command Underwater Archaeology Lab possesses more than 9,000 precious artifacts. Currently more than 7,000 of them are on loan to other museums around the world. The lab takes great strides to restore once lost, but never forgotten pieces from history.

The inside of Abu Simbel Temple

Video from the inside of Abu Simble temple, where it is not aloud to do that... almost 5000 years of history.

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  The Great Temple at Abu Simbel, which took about twenty years to build, was completed around year 24 of the reign of Rameses the Great (which corresponds to 1265 BCE).


• It was dedicated to the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah, as well as to the deified Rameses himself.


• It is generally considered the grandest and most beautiful of the temples commissioned during the reign of Rameses II, and one of the most beautiful in Egypt.