Abu Simbel in Aswan Governorate is one of Egypt's greatest archaeological and historical sites. The town, 230 km southwest of Aswan city, is known for the twin temples carved out of the ...

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 ...

Security services at the Abu Simbel Temple, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt, thwarted a British tourist's attempt to bury his mother's remains inside the temple on Sunday upon her request.

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Tourists visit the Great Temple of Abu Simbel during the Sun Festival in Aswan, Egypt, Feb. 22, 2024. During the Sun Festival, which falls on Feb. 22 and Oct. 22 every year, rays of the morning ...

With its entrance blocked by an impassable barrier of sand, the temple complex Abu Simbel was left untouched for several thousand years until Italian engineer Giovanni Belzoni arrived in 1817 ...

View Egypt - Temple of Hermonthis; Temple of Ibsambuol (Abu Simbel); Portal of the Barrage Bridge (Cairo Dam); Temple of Denderah; Temple of Karna; Temple of Edfu; Sphinx and third pyramid Ghyzeh; ...