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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

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Uses Element

Stone, Architectural Materials
Source Abu Simbel (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Egypt, located there.
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.
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    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.
  • Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Stone buildings
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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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