13 - Did You Know In History -Pharaonic_History #Shorts

#discover_in_history Why is it called Abu Simbel? While it is assumed that the name, `Abu Simbel’, was the designation for the complex in antiquity, this is not so. Allegedly, the Swiss explorer Burckhardt was led to the site by a boy named Abu Simbel in 1813 CE, and the site was then named after him. #pharaonic_history