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  2. Abu Simbel - Wikipedia

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    Abu Simbel is a historic site comprising two massive rock-cut temples in the village of Abu Simbel (Arabic: أبو سمبل), Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt, near the border with Sudan. It is located on the western bank of Lake Nasser , about 230 km (140 mi) southwest of Aswan (about 300 km (190 mi) by road).

  3. International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia

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    The relocated Abu Simbel monuments. Abu Simbel; New Amada; New Wadi Sebua; New Kalabsha; Philae temple complex (Agilkia Island) Sites in their original location, north of the Aswan Low Dam [36] – although these five sites are grouped within the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae", they are neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and ...

  4. Aswan - Wikipedia

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    The city is crossed by the Cape to Cairo Road, which connects it to Luxor and Cairo to the north, and Abu Simbel and Wadi Halfa to the south. Also important is the Aswan-Berenice highway, which connects with the ports of the Red Sea. Aswan is linked to Cairo by the Cape to Cairo Railway, which also connects it with Wadi Halfa. The railway is ...

  5. Abu Simbel (village) - Wikipedia

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    Abu Simbel in 2017. Abu Simbel (also Abu Simbal, Ebsambul or Isambul; Arabic: أبو سنبل, romanized: Abū Sinbal or Arabic: أبو سمبل, romanized: Abū Simbal) is a village in the Egyptian part of Nubia, about 240 km (150 mi) southwest of Aswan and near the border with Sudan. As of 2012, it has about 2600 inhabitants.

  6. List of World Heritage Sites in Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae: Aswan: 1979 88; i, iii, vi (cultural) This site comprises ten monuments from different periods of Egyptian history that were relocated in an international campaign from the 1960s to 1980s to save them from the rising waters of the Nile, following the construction of the Aswan Dam.

  7. Unfinished obelisk - Wikipedia

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    The unfinished obelisk in its quarry at Aswan, 1990. The obelisk and wider quarry were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" (despite the quarry site being neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and Philae). [2]

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