The monuments of the property include exceptional architecture, such as the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, carved out of an escarpment of solid rock. Its design and layout allow rays of the sun to ...

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.

The crowd roared awake as the first rays of sun rose over the Nile River — and that’s when the shoving started.

The sun rays once again penetrated the entrance of Aswan's iconic Abu Simbel Temple earlier on Tuesday ... incredible precision of ancient Egyptian architecture and astronomy.

The Great Temple of Abu Simbel The Great Temple of Abu Simbel There are two temples at Abu Simbel, the first one which is the bigger of the two is known as The Great Temple. This temple was built by ...

as the temples of Abu Simbel. The twin temples of Abu Simbel were originally carved out of the mountainside in the deserts of Nubia, Upper Egypt, in the 13th century B.C.E. Nubia, which borders ...