Paoli was one of four marble cutters from the Italian quarry city of Carrara brought to help salvage the Abu Simbel temples as part of an international campaign organized by UNESCO in the early 1960s.

FILE - In this file photo taken on Feb. 8, 1966, the results of three-years of dismantling the temples of Abu Simbel in Egypt lie in a storage area behind the huge escarpment before being moved and re ...

With its entrance blocked by an impassable barrier of sand, the temple complex Abu Simbel was left untouched for several thousand years until Italian engineer Giovanni Belzoni arrived in 1817 ...

BCE: Abu Simbel Temple Complex echoes with the grandeur of Ramesses the Great. More than just a Pharaoh, he has built this ...

The tourist confirmed that his mother had asked him to bury her remains in Egypt upon her death, so the son traveled to Egypt to fulfill her wish at the Abu Simbel Temple. Police were notified of the ...

In this photo taken on Dec. 1, 1965, a large interior pillar is lifted by crane after it had been cut free during the massive international operation to save the ancient Abu Simbel temples from ...

Entitled “Abu Simbel in the Eyes of Painters," a plastic art exhibition is to be organised at the footsteps of the temple where a group of Egyptian artists are to draw a collection of paintings ...

The whole world will celebrate the golden jubilee of Abu Simbel temple salvage operation at its footsteps next week Nevine El-Aref , Tuesday 16 Feb 2016, Views:11970 A painter before the Abu ...

The project took just over four years. The temples of Abu Simbel were officially reopened in 1968 while the sacred site they had occupied for more than 3,000 years disappeared beneath Lake Nasser.