Sun aligned Tuesday morning on the statute of Ramses II in Aswan’s Abu Simbel Temple on a rare phenomenon that happens twice a year; on February 22 and October 22. In statements to MENA, Director ...

The usually calm Upper Egyptian town of Abu Simbel was abuzz this week with King Ramses II fever. A crowd of over 3,000 gathered at Abu Simbel 280 kilometres south of Aswan on Sunday to witness a ...

Abu Simbel is one of the most famous temples of ancient Egypt, built by Ramses II along the southern border of his kingdom. But its design was more than just impressive architecture. In this video, we ...

In 1960, a new dam on the Nile threatened Ramses II’s temples at Abu Simbel and other ancient treasures. Here's how the world saved them. Photographed in 1966, faces of three of four colossal statues ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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.

An exhibition of 3,000-year-old artefacts at Battersea power station gives Egypt’s most ambitious, self-aggrandising pharaoh a chance to emerge from Tutankhamun’s shadow ...