Twice a year at dawn, a shaft of sunlight cuts through Abu Simbel’s Great Temple to light three statues—and in doing so turns ...

Journey to the majestic temples of Abu Simbel, carved into the Nubian cliffs more than three thousand years ago by Pharaoh Ramses II, and discover the enduring tribute he built for his beloved Queen ...

Sixty-five years ago, the monumental Abu Simbel was destined to disappear beneath the floodwaters of a new Nile dam. Then the first lady of the United States stepped in. After persuading her husband, ...