Temple of Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt was saved from the rising waters of Lake Nasser, growing behind the Aswan Dam, in a massive archaeological rescue plan sponsored by UNESCO in the 1960s.Temple of Abu Simbel
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Abu Simbel temples”, “Abu Simbil”, “Abū Sunbul”, “Temple d’Abou Simbel”, and “Temple of Abu Simbil”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
22.33333° or 22° 20′ north
Longitude
31.61667° or 31° 37′ east
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
Open location code
7GJH8JM8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Temple of Abu Simbel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبو سمبل”
- Arabic: “ابو سنبل”
- Bulgarian: “Абу Симбел”
- Catalan: “Abu Simbel”
- Chinese: “阿布辛拜勒神廟”
- Czech: “Abu Simbel”
- Czech: “Abú Simbel”
- Danish: “Abu Simbel”
- Dutch: “Aboe Simbel”
- Finnish: “Abu Simbel”
- French: “Temples d’Abou Simbel”
- Galician: “Abu Simbel”
- German: “Tempel von Abu Simbel”
- Hebrew: “מקדש אבו סימבל”
- Hebrew: “מקדשי אבו סימבל”
- Hungarian: “Abu Szimbel-i templomok”
- Italian: “Abu Simbel”
- Japanese: “アブ・シンベル神殿”
- Luxembourgish: “Abu Simbel”
- Malay: “Kuil Abu Simbel”
- Norwegian: “Abu Simbel”
- Persian: “ابوسمبل”
- Polish: “Abu Simbel”
- Portuguese: “Abu Simbel”
- Romanian: “Abu Simbel”
- Russian: “Абу-Симбел”
- Serbian: “Абу Симбел”
- Spanish: “Abu Simbel”
- Swedish: “Templen i Abu Simbel”
- Turkish: “Ebu Simbel”
- Ukrainian: “Абу-Сімбел”
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