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Series Producer
& Creator
Carlo Massarella

Executive Producer
David Dugan

Producer & Director
‘Rescuing Ramesses’
Leesa Rumley

Producer
‘Risky Rescues’
Leesa Rumley

Field Directors
‘Risky Rescues’
Bettina Truemper &
William Lorimer

Producer
‘Long Locomotive’
Bettina Truemper

Director
‘Long Locomotive’
Carlo Massarella

Producer & Director
‘Wooden Wonders’ &
‘Historic Hulks’
Mike Davidson

Producer & Director
‘Huge Homes’
William Lorimer

Line Producer
Cherry Brewer

Assistant Producer
John Driftmier

Researcher
Lee Reading

Co-ordinator
Jody Collins

Editors
Simon Barker
Ian Strang
Chris Roots

Music
Daniel Pemberton

Graphics
Fluid Pictures
Monster Moves
SEASON THREE
PROGRAMME: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

1 Special
Rescuing Ramesses

The story of the greatest structural move in history.

In a special edition, we mark the 40th Anniversary of the greatest structural move ever undertaken. We reveal how twenty of Egypt’s finest ancient temples were relocated from the rising waters of the River Nile in the 1960s.

We recount how engineers cut up the twin temples of Abu Simbel into over 1,000 blocks to dismantle, move and re-assemble them piece by piece to safety on higher ground.

We show how divers dismantled monuments flooded underwater on the Island of Philae and recount how the 900-ton temple of Amada was moved two miles on rail tracks across the desert.

To illustrate the techniques used to relocate the temples, a modern day team of movers led by America’s leading structural movers Jerry and Gabe Matyiko attempt to cut, lift and re-assemble a replica sandstone statue of Ramesses.

 

  
FURTHER INFORMATION

The international project to relocate the great temples of Abu Simbel and Monuments of Nubia was run by Unesco. Reports on the project can be obtained at www.unesco.org

LINKS

 Monster Moves Season One

Monster Moves Season Two

Monster Moves Feature
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