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Location:

  • Egypt, Abu Simbel
  • geo:22.337589,31.626789
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -1250~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Abus Simbel, Woman's temple


Nearby

Abu Simbel, Ramesses II (Relocated, New Abu Simbel)

Dedicated to the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah. Original location c. 22.33513, 31.62623

Shokan (11 km)

Meroite settlement; find spot of many ostraca

Pachoras [Faras] (22 km)

Παχώρας, Pakhôras; Latin: Pachoras; Old Nubian: , Para. The place was flooded by Lake Nasser in the 1960s and is now permanently underwater. The Christian frescoes in the cathedral of Faras were caled "Miracles of Faras". http://www.mnw.art.pl/ko


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