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Abu Simbel

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Abu Simbel is a historic site of two massive rock cut temples in the village of Abu Simbel, Aswan Governorate, in Upper Egypt near the border with Sudan, on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 230 kilometers southwest of Aswan.

Facts
Building Type
Rock-Cut Temple 3
Location
Aswan Governorate, Egypt 3
Completed Year
1274 BCE 2
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Temple / Shrine 2
Connections

Has Building Type

Temple, Concepts

Uses Element

Stone, Architectural Materials
Source Abu Simbel (Wikipedia)
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Located In

Egypt

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Sources
1. Abu Simbel (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel_temples, body text, construction-era sentence
    The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside in the 13th century BC, during the 19th Dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel_temples, opening sentence, clause following the village-name parenthetical
    Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt, near the border with Sudan.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel_temples, body text, construction-era sentence, backing the entity description
    The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside in the 13th century BC, during the 19th Dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II.
  • Lead section
    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).
  • Uses Element: Stone, Protecting the great temple
    With the cliff face now secure, the removed rock was used to construct two walls at the head of the depression between the two temples to prevent buildup of more drift sand from burying the Great Temple again, and to construct a hard stone slope.
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2. Wikidata: Abu Simbel
  • Wikidata Q134140, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q134140, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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3. Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
Abu Simbel (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (-1274)
Quote, Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (-1274)
Wikidata item Q134140, property P571: -1274
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