The smaller statues of the facade and the has reliefs inside show a life usually ... The pharaoh built many temples to himself, but only at Abu Simbel did dignity triumph over the vulgarity ...

Tourists admire the colossal statues of Ramesses II inside the Great Temple in the temple complex of Abu Simbel. (photo credit: O'SHI. Via Shutterstock) On Saturday, sun’s alignment with the ...

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.

Some of the greatest monuments on any tour of Egypt bear his stamp: Abu Simbel, Karnak and Luxor Temples, the Ramesseum, and many others. He also commissioned the largest monolithic statue ever ...

Its preservation is a result of Spain's assistance in protecting the ancient sites of Abu Simbel from ... times to enter the temple, with only a few people allowed inside at a time.

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 February. In statements to ...

More than 3,000 years ago, between the first and second cataracts on the West Bank and the Nile, the Egyptian Pharaoh commanded a colossal temple, and a smaller one along with it, to be carved out of ...