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 sarcophagus was recently found ...

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 ...

Ramses II (the Great ... 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 ...

Shelley's Ozymandias is our Ramesses II, king of Egypt around 1270 ... But all across his kingdom he erected vast new temples - like Abu Simbel, cut into the rocky sides of the Nile Valley ...

Statue of Ramesses II (made around 1250 BC ... But all across his kingdom he erected vast new temples - like Abu Simbel, cut into the rocky sides of the Nile Valley - and the huge image of ...