Abu Simbel lies further south of Aswan

Abu Simbel lies further south of Aswan. The place became famous for the great rock temples of Pharaoh Ramses II and his royal wife Nefertari. The name Abu Simbel comes from a Europeanization of the Arabic term Abu Sunbul, a derivative of the ancient place name Ipsambul. The Swiss Jean Louis Burckhardt discovered the temples […]