The French proposed building a dam to protect it from the Aswan lake, but their plan would have required constant pumping to remove seepage from the pourous sandstone under Abu Simbel. And it ...

A remarkable astronomical occurrence that only happens twice a year on October 22 and February 22, occurred on Thursday morning when the sun aligned on the statue of Ramses II at the Abu Simbel ...

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 ...