The site of Abu Simbel is one of the most recognizable ancient ... The first room is an atrium made up of eight pillars, four on each side, that Zecchi notes depicts Ramesses II in the guise ...

The site of Abu Simbel is one of Egypt’s most awe-inspiring structures, albeit not the easiest one to visit. Comprised of two majestic temples overlooking Lake Nasser this landmark has a storied ...

Ten of them, including the temple complexes of Philae, Kalabsha and Abu Simbel, were dismantled stone by stone and painstakingly rebuilt on higher ground. Four others were donated to the countries ...

Horrifying pictures showed peeled away as though with a can opener after the crash early Sunday as the tourists were traveling from Aswan to Abu ... Simbel. The bus ran into the truck parked on ...

The early part of his reign was marked by the construction of grand cities, monuments, and temples, but none are so magnificent, nor so massive, as the temples of Abu Simbel. The twin temples of ...

Abu Simbel’s solar alignment this week coincided with the 50th anniversary of the salvage and relocation of its temples The usually calm Upper Egyptian town of Abu Simbel was abuzz this week ...

In 1960, a new dam on the Nile threatened Ramses II’s temples at Abu Simbel and other ancient treasures ... was to be built just south of the Nile-side city of Aswan, upstream of Luxor.

April 6, 2025 (ABU SIMBEL, Egypt) – Hundreds of Sudanese citizens returning home are facing significant delays and overcrowding at the Abu Simbel border crossing in southern Egypt, with many ...

UPDATE: Early on Friday evening, security forces reported that they had managed to open the Abu Simbel highway. Dozens of locals in the town of Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt had blocked the main ...

Ten of them, including the temple complexes of Philae, Kalabsha and Abu Simbel, were dismantled stone by stone and painstakingly rebuilt on higher ground. Four others were donated to the countries ...