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Abu Simbel
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This is a top pick! ... Lake Nasser. I'm so glad that they managed to rescue this temple, this was down as one of the two main highlights of the holiday. If there are only two places you have a chance to visit in Egypt, then your choice should be the Pyramids and Abu ...
dawn trip to Abu Simbel
This is a top pick! ... the rock face. The thrones are decorated on their sides with Nile gods symbolically uniting Egypt. Not only are the two temples at Abu Simbel among the most magnificent monuments in the world but their removal and ...
Aswan to Abu Simbel to Kom Ombo to Edfu
This is a top pick! ... impressed with how huge the temples are. Although I had told her how enormous the temples are she had no idea. Abu Simbel is very impressive and it is just as impressive to think that they were moved. The temples are for Ramses II and his ...
Abu Simbel - Ramses II mega temple
This is a top pick! ... would mean wall area was at more of a premium. Still, both temples rocked in my opinion and if you come to Egypt Abu Simbel should definitely be on your itinerary. Salaama (bye!). Next entry -> More of Aswan or cruising the Nilus Lucky me travel ...
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Temple of Ramesses II
Bout one third of a kilometer to the northwest of Seti, Abu Simbel, Egypt
This temple was dedicated to Amon-Ra, Harmakes & Ptah. It was elected solely to glorify Ramesses II the Great. The temple was covered in sand until May 22, 1813 which subsequently involved gigantic rescue operation as it was threatened by the waters of Lake Nasser.
Nefertari's Temple of Hathor
Abu Simbel, Egypt
The front of this temple in honor of Nefertari, wife of Ramses II (19th Dynasty c. 1275-1225 BCE)is a receding Pylon (similar to the larger temple of Ramses II) with a deified statue of Nefertari and statues of Ramses II on each side of her.
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Posted by Tom
... - Barcelona - Dubai - Singapore - La Digue - Seychelles - Sri Lanka - Bangkok - Barbados - Iceland - Terracotta Army - China - Zermatt - Switzerland - Angel Falls - Venezuela - Abu Simbel - Egypt - Bali - French Polynesia only 11 more to go for me!
Furthest Distance?
Posted by jeremystravels
... city i'll have visited then will be Amman, Jordan but i'll be a few hundred miles further away from home at Abu Simbel, Egypt because it is so far South. So when you think of furthest distance, don't think purely just East and West, but ...
Furthest Distance?
Posted by jeremystravels
... distance is Dayton, Ohio to Rome, Italy: 7687 kilometers (4776 miles). This August I will be even further at Abu Simbel, Egypt: 10442 kilometers (6488 miles). Playing with the second link I also have found out that the furthest major city away from ...
Want to do a tour in Egypt with me?
Posted by georgiaturkiye
... , both good months to visit. I'm a regular visitor to the country, but as yet have not visted Valley of the Kings, Abu Simbel and ventured down the Nile into Nubian terrirotry. I will arrive via Jordan as I live in Istanbul, so will travel overland ...
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