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 ...

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 ...

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 sun ...

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 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. In his day, ...

TURIN, ItalyTURIN, Italy — Egyptologists and other experts gathered in Italy this week to celebrate a successful campaign to save ancient Egyptian temples from being submerged by a dam project 50 ...

Abdel-Moneim Said, director of the Aswan Tourism and Antiquities Sector, noted that the phenomenon began at 6:22 am and lasted for 20 minutes. Folklore troupes performed songs and dances wearing ...