FILE - In this file photo taken on Feb. 8, 1966, the results of three-years of dismantling the temples of Abu Simbel in Egypt lie in a storage area behind the huge escarpment before being moved and re ...

However, the Abu Simbel Temples were more than a testament to rare royal love - they were a carefully crafted religious and ...

ASWAN, Feb 22 (MENA) – The sun aligned on the statue of Ramses II in Aswan’s Abu Simbel Temple on Saturday morning in a rare astronomical phenomenon that occurs biannually — on 22 October and 22 ...

The Sun aligned on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 on face of King Ramses II’s statue at his great temple in Abu Simbel, southern Aswan a unique astronomical phenomenon continued for around 3,300 years.

ABU SIMBEL, Egypt — In the 1960s, rising waters from a new dam threatened to submerge the temples and monuments of Nubia, the ancient home of black pharaohs in Egypt’s far south. To preserve them, the ...

I went because: Other than the Pyramids and Sphinx in Giza, Abu Simbel has the most spectacular ruins in Egypt. Don't miss: The two mummy rooms in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Most of the major ...

Abu Simbel is one of the most iconic temples in Egypt but few know just how carefully it was designed to impress, intimidate, ...

The sun rays once again penetrated the entrance of Aswan's iconic Abu Simbel Temple earlier on Tuesday in a captivating celestial phenomenon, illuminating the Ramses II statue and showcasing the ...