sun alignment
Sun aligns on face of King Ramses II’s statue at Abu Simbel Temple for 22 mins
Egypt
October 22, 2025
Sun aligns on face of King Ramses II’s statue at Abu Simbel Temple for 22 mins
The Sun aligned on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 on face of King Ramses II’s statue at his great temple in…
Sun aligns on Karnak Temple in coincidence with summer season
Archaeology
June 22, 2024
Sun aligns on Karnak Temple in coincidence with summer season
The temple of Karnak witnessed the celebration of the solar alignment on the Karnak Temple coinciding with the summer season.…
Video: 3,000 tourists observe sun alignment on King Ramses II’s face at Abu Simbel
Archaeology
October 23, 2023
Video: 3,000 tourists observe sun alignment on King Ramses II’s face at Abu Simbel
Over 3,000 foreign and Egyptian tourists gathered to observe the sun’s alignment on the statue of King Ramses II in…
Egyptologist explains reason for sun not aligning on statue of Ramses at Grand Egyptian Museum
Egypt
February 28, 2023
Egyptologist explains reason for sun not aligning on statue of Ramses at Grand Egyptian Museum
The Mubasher Pulse website reported that the weather last Tuesday prevented the sun to align with the face of the…
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…