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5 Pounds Temple of Abu Simbel
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Currency | Pound (1916-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ١٤١٥ ١٩٩٤ EGYPT جمهورية مصر العربية (Translation: 1415 1994 EGYPT Arab Republic of Egypt) |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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Abu Simbel's two rock-cut temples, commissioned by Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, were submerged under Lake Nasser's rising waters following the construction of the Aswan High Dam — until UNESCO coordinated one of the most ambitious archaeological salvage operations ever undertaken, cutting the entire complex into over a thousand numbered blocks and reassembling it on higher ground between 1964 and 1968. Egypt issued commemorative silver throughout the 1990s drawing heavily on that campaign's international goodwill.