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 ...

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

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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. Security at ...

The Egyptian Navy's supply ship "Abu Simbel-2” carrying over 200 tons of relief aid, including food supplies, living essentials, medical equipment, and medicines arrived in Port Sudan, the Egyptian ...

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 ...