The Small Temple in Abu Simbel, Egypt. Photo: Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. The desert eventually concealed Abu Simbel in its entirety, hiding it from history until ...

Abu Simbel Temple. Wikimedia Commons. Getting There. Abu Simbel is a small village in the southernmost region of Egypt, just 25 miles away from Sudan. The closest major city is Aswan.

Some people doubt that Abu Simbel is worth even $36 million. They argue that the temple has little artistic value and that money could be better spent preserving monuments less extensively catalogued.

Front face of the Small Temple of Abu Simbel Located on the right side, around 100 meters from the Great Temple, is another rock-cut temple known as the Small Temple. As the name suggests it’s much ...

THE GREAT TEMPLE: The main Temple at Abu Simbel, which took about 20 years to build, was completed around the year 24 of the reign of Ramses II and was dedicated to the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The sheer scale of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel is difficult to convey.Credit: iStock Once, Egypt's mighty temple complex of Abu ...

Tourists visit the Great Temple of Abu Simbel during the Sun Festival in Aswan, Egypt, Feb. 22, 2024. During the Sun Festival, which falls on Feb. 22 and Oct. 22 every year, ...

The field trip to Abu Simbel Temples, World Heritage Site since 1979, allowed to discuss steps to improve the visitor experience. ... the Great Temple of King Ramesses II of the Nineteenth Dynasty (c.