{"id":82,"date":"2024-05-14T17:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T17:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthimon.net\/cairo\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2024-06-11T01:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T01:33:29","slug":"abu-simbel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anthimon.net\/cairo\/abu-simbel\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Simbel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Abu Simbe<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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‘Abu Simbel\u2022 The great temple of Egypt’ <\/p>\n

About Temple<\/h2>\n

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While the pyramids of Giza are perhaps the most recognizable artifacts of the ancient Egyptian world,
\n following closely behind are the Abu Simbel temples in Southern Egypt, commissioned over 3,000 years ago by Pharaoh Ramses II.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n

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Al Bairat, Al Qarna, Luxor Governorate, Egypt<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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T<\/span>In the past, Abu Simbel was located on the west bank of the Nile between the first and second Cataracts of the Nile. Cataracts are rapids caused by boulders or rock sills; they were only passable with difficulty by Nile ship traffic, especially at baseflow. Today both cataracts near Aswan and Wadi Halfa are covered by Lake Nasser, which is named after Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian president from 1954 to 1970. At the time of Ramses II, the southern border of the realm of the Pharaohs was located near the two cataracts. The construction of the Abu Simbel temple compound there was meant to demonstrate the power
\n and eternal supremacy of Egypt with respect to the tributary Nubia.<\/p>\n