Abu Simbel

American  

[ah-boo sim-bel, -buhl] / ˈɑ bu ˈsɪm bɛl, -bəl /

Also Abu Simbil

noun

1. a former village in S Egypt, on the Nile: site of two temples of Ramses II; now inundated by Lake Nasser, created by the Aswan High Dam.

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Abu Simbel British  

/ ˌæbuː ˈsɪmbəl /

noun

1. Also called: Ipsambul.  a former village in S Egypt: site of two temples of Rameses II, which were moved to higher ground (1966–67) before the area behind the Aswan High Dam was flooded

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Example Sentences

From there, they cross into Egypt, then take a ferry across Lake Nasser to the town of Abu Simbel.

From Seattle Times

Despite many people managing to complete the correct travel procedures, the last ferry leaving for Abu Simbel in Egypt stopped at 17:00.

From BBC

"There are merchants of the war who exploit the crisis to make profit," said Leem al-Sheikh, a 23-year-old dentist who took nearly a week to reach Abu Simbel from Omdurman.

From Reuters

The resulting project, during which Abu Simbel was moved, in pieces, up to a higher altitude, helped spark the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which set up the heritage list.

From New York Times

In the early 1960s, Desroches-Noblecourt’s friendships and grit proved essential to the success of her career’s crowning achievement: the seemingly quixotic campaign to save from destruction the temples, sculptures and artifacts at Abu Simbel, near Egypt’s border with Sudan.

From Washington Post