Between 1964 and 1968, the entire site was carefully cut into large blocks (up to 30 tons, averaging 20 tons), dismantled, lifted and reassembled in a new location 65 metres higher and 200 metres back from the river, in one of the greatest challenges of archaeological engineering in history.
Jir awatay 1964 d 1968, sit fuk ijja tazune toɣadat n ifrusan maqqornen (har 30 n ton, awa id orakan 20 n ton) ,iftayan, itkalan tolas olas amasidaw daɣ edg eynayan n 65 n metar d 200 n metar siha s ejarew , iyyan daɣ tasisindart i kel teɣare n agna wan alxidmaten tin addinat daɣ attarex