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Abu Simbel (ruins) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 22 20 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 22.3333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 031 37 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.6167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Situated in ancient Nubia, site of two temples with colossal statues built in the 13th century BCE during reign of Ramses II; temples were threatened by rising waters of Aswan High Dam in the early 1960s resulting in salvage operation by UNESCO and the Egyptian government. |
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| Abū Sunbul (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Abu Simbel (C,V,English-P,U)
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| Ipsambul (C,V)
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| Abusimbel (C,V)
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| Abou Simbel, Temple d' (NA,V)
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| Abu Simbil (NA,V)
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| Abu Simbil, Temple of (NA,V)
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| Temple d' Abou Simbel (NA,V)
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| Temple of Abu Simbil (NA,V)
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| Temple of Abu Simbel (NA,O,English,U)
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Aswān (governorate) (P) |
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| ruins (preferred, C) |
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carved out of sandstone cliff on W bank of Nile ca. 1250 BC |
| archaeological site (C) |
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temples were discovered in 1813; first explored by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1817 |
| temple (H) |
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