The Temple of Abu Simbel once again lights up on 22 February 2007, as it has done for thousands of years, in celebration of Ramses II’s birthday. Ramses II, carefully angled his temple at Abu Simbel ...
Several ministers and African ambassadors toured on Thursday 21/02/2019 Abu Simbel Temple in Egypt's Upper Egyptian governorate of Aswan. Minister of Tourism Rania el Mashat, Minister of Antiquities ...
Egypt’s antiquities minister, along with a number of Egyptian ministers and foreign and Arab ambassadors, visited on Sunday Aswan's Abu Simbel Temple in a tour to celebrate the biannual solar ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The sheer scale of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel is difficult to convey.Credit: iStock Once, Egypt's mighty temple complex of Abu ...
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Abu Simbel: The 3,000-Year Illusion

Abu Simbel is one of Egypt’s most iconic monuments — but for over 3,000 years, it held a secret that fooled almost everyone.
The two Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae are the most illustrious of the Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (Egypt), listed as World Heritage since 1979.