For the absolute best views of California’s most unhinged shopping mall building, folks tend to stand on the dirty asphalt behind a Hobby Lobby near Los Angeles — the closer to the dumpsters, the ...

Originally, Abu Simbel seemed doomed to vanish and ... According to this plan, all the rock above the temple would be cut away and the whole mass enclosed in concrete. Then, 300 synchronized ...

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.

Ramses II bouwde de tempel Abu Simbel voor zichzelf in het oude Nubië ... of these needs to be brought together in one Management Plan that sets out an overall governance structure. While the temples ...

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 ...

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 ...

Its preservation is a result of Spain's assistance in protecting the ancient sites of Abu Simbel from flooding caused by the construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt. The temple's decorative motifs ...

The solar alignment occurs on February 22 and October 22 each year, which are days associated with the agricultural and harvest seasons for the ancient Egyptians. Tourists admire the colossal ...

Planning a holiday in Egypt? Here are some articles to help you plan out your trip: Located in the town of Abu Simbel, in southern Egypt, these two temples were built by Ramesses II (whose ...

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 ...