Abu Simbel is an archaeological site comprising two massive rock temples in southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 180 miles southwest of Aswan. It is part of the UNESCO ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian Monuments" which run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan).

The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh, and to intimidate his Nubian neighbors. However, the complex was relocated in its entirety in the 1960s, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan dam reservoir.

The relocation of the temples was necessary to avoid being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser, the massive artificial water reservoir formed after the building of the Aswan dam on the Nile River. Abu Simbel remains one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.

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HUGINN and MUNUNN Huginn and Muninn, are a pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin. In Norse legends Hugin and Munin travel the world bearing news and information to Odin. Hugin is "thought" and Munin is "memory". They are sent out at dawn to gather information and return in the evening. They perch on the god's shoulders and whisper the news into his ears. It is from these ravens that the ancient name 'raven-god' for Odin is derived. From an old norse poem: The whole world wide, every day, fly Hugin and Munin; I worry lest Hugin should fall in flight, yet more I fear for Munin.

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