Since 1250 B.C., the seated colossi of Abu Simbel have stared fixedly across the Nile and the Nubian desert toward the rising sun. By 1970, they will continue their vigil from the top of the ...

This outstanding archaeological area contains such magnificent monuments as the Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae, which were saved from the rising waters of the ...

But for all its magnificence, the Temple of Abu Simbel is apparently doomed. For lack of $22 million, the cost of a few bombers or missiles, it will soon be submerged under 200 ft. of muddy water ...

Abu Simbel Temple Complex echoes with the grandeur of Ramesses the Great. More than just a Pharaoh, he has built this temple ...

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.

Abu Simbel Temples The Abu Simbel Temple stands as a significant historical site. It consists of two immense temples carved into rock. Situated in the village of Abu Simbel, close to the Sudanese ...

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 ...

How the worst travel day of my career turned outMoscow. May of 1971. I went on to enjoy every day of my eventual career in travel. But I never forgot this worst travel day of... Getting your share ...

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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 ...

Rex Keating provides a report on the 3-year project to disassemble, move, and reassemble the Temple of Abu Simbel, as part of UNESCO's Nubia Project. Keating's report includes a more general ...