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Egypt witnesses sun alignment at temples of Karnak and Hatshepsut Wednesday
Egypt
December 21, 2022
Egypt witnesses sun alignment at temples of Karnak and Hatshepsut Wednesday
The sun will pass over the Karnak Temple in Luxor, the Sobek Temple in Fayoum, and the Hatshepsut Temple…
Over 1,200 tourists witness sun alignment on King Ramses II’s face at Abu Simbel
Archaeology
October 22, 2021
Over 1,200 tourists witness sun alignment on King Ramses II’s face at Abu Simbel
About 1,270 tourists, including 520 Egyptians, watched the sun alignment on King Ramses II’s face in Aswan’s Abu Simbel temple…
Tourism and Antiquities Ministry launches virtual tour of Ramses II Temple
Egypt
February 24, 2021
Tourism and Antiquities Ministry launches virtual tour of Ramses II Temple
The Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Ministry launched a virtual tour of the Ramses II Temple in Abu Simbel, celebrating the…
Video: Biannual sun illumination shines on Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel
Archaeology
February 22, 2021
Video: Biannual sun illumination shines on Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel
Tourists both foreign and domestic witnessed a biannual sun alignment on Monday, which lighted up the statue of King Ramses…
Luxor to celebrate sun alignment at Karnak temple
Culture
December 20, 2020
Luxor to celebrate sun alignment at Karnak temple
Luxor on Monday will celebrate the alignment of the sun with the statue of the God Amun at the Karnak…
Photos: Tourists flock to Egypt’s Abu Simbel to witness semi-annual sun alignment
Culture
February 22, 2020
Photos: Tourists flock to Egypt’s Abu Simbel to witness semi-annual sun alignment
The sun illuminated King Ramses II’s face in Aswan’s Abu Simbel temple on Saturday, an astronomical phenomenon that occurs twice…
Tourists flock to Egypt’s Hatshepsut Temple to catch glimpse of rare astronomical phenomenon
Archaeology
January 6, 2020
Tourists flock to Egypt’s Hatshepsut Temple to catch glimpse of rare astronomical phenomenon
Tourists in Egypt flocked to Queen Hatshepsut Temple on Monday to witness the sun fall perpendicular on the holy shrines…
Photos: Thousands of tourists witness sun alignment on Karnak temple
Archaeology
December 22, 2019
Photos: Thousands of tourists witness sun alignment on Karnak temple
Thousands of tourists and the governor of Luxor on Sunday witnessed a sun alignment at the Temple of Amun-Ra in…
Visitors marvel as sun alignment illuminates the Temple of Hatshepsut
Archaeology
December 9, 2019
Visitors marvel as sun alignment illuminates the Temple of Hatshepsut
Archaeologists and astronomers visited on Monday the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor’s Qurna mountain to witness a sun alignment…
Sun alignment illuminates King Ramses II’s face at Abu Simbel
Travel
October 22, 2019
Sun alignment illuminates King Ramses II’s face at Abu Simbel
The sun illuminated King Ramses II’s face in Aswan’s Abu Simbel temple on Tuesday, a phenomenon that occurs twice a…