Landmarks & buildings
Abu Simbel
UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Egypt
Egypt · 22.3369, 31.6256
Abu Simbel is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“Four weeks filming were on the steamer Karnak (the historic ship SS Memnon) and the rest at places such as Aswan, Abu Simbel, Luxor, and Cairo.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Abu Simbel as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Other filming locations in Egypt
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Towns & cities
Cairo
Egypt
capital city of Egypt
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Towns & cities
Luxor
Egypt
city in southern Egypt
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Landmarks & buildings
Giza pyramid complex
Egypt
archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, Egypt
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Landmarks & buildings
Giza Necropolis
Egypt
part of the archaeological site on the Giza plateau, near Cairo, Egypt
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Landmarks & buildings
Great Pyramid of Giza
Egypt
oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis; one of the seven ancient wonders of the world
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Landscapes & nature
Valley of the Kings
Egypt
necropolis in ancient Egypt
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Abu Simbel?
3 productions are recorded as filmed at Abu Simbel, including The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Death on the Nile (1978) and Valley of the Kings (1954). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Abu Simbel?
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), covered by 55 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Abu Simbel?
Abu Simbel is in Egypt. Its coordinates are 22.3369, 31.6256.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Olaf Tausch, Public domain.