However, the Abu Simbel Temples were more than a testament to rare royal love - they were a carefully crafted religious and political statement, through which Ramses II sought to immortalize his name ...

The Sun aligned on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 on face of King Ramses II’s statue at his great temple in Abu Simbel, southern Aswan a unique astronomical phenomenon continued for around 3,300 years.

The two magnificent temples at Egypt's Abu Simbel site overlook Lake Nasser. The facade of the main temple has four 67-ft-/20-m-tall statues of Ramses II (the fact that some of the statues are in ...

Believe it or not, it is possible to move a mountain… literally! Abu Simbel: The campaign that revolutionized the international approach to safeguarding heritage. Saving the temples of Egypt and ...

At Abu Simbel, Ramesses II ordered an unprecedented tribute to Nefertari, carving her image equal in scale to his own and ...

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