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Some people doubt that Abu Simbel is worth even $36 million. They argue that the temple has little artistic value and that money could be better spent preserving monuments less extensively catalogued.

The Great Temple of Ramses II was rediscovered two hundred years ago, carved out of a mountain on the Niles’ banks. The structure is a shrine to the pharaoh and primeval Egyptian gods. Abu ...

Nevine El-Aref, Tuesday 16 Feb 2016. The whole world will celebrate the golden jubilee of Abu Simbel temple salvage operation at its footsteps next week ...

After Egypt’s 1952 revolution, President Gamal Abdel Nasser embraced plans for the Aswan High Dam, an earth-fill embankment 111 metres high and 3.5 kilometres long. Begun in 1960 with Soviet ...

Abu Simbel Temple is due to witness at dawn on Tuesday 22/2/2022 a rare astronomical event attended by thousands of tourists every year when the first rays of the morning sun illuminate the temple.

Nevine El-Aref, Tuesday 16 Feb 2016. The whole world will celebrate the golden jubilee of Abu Simbel temple salvage operation at its footsteps next week ...