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 ...

But the skeptics form a small minority ... Some people doubt that Abu Simbel is worth even $36 million. They argue that the temple has little artistic value and that money could be better spent ...

The monuments of the property include exceptional architecture, such as the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, carved out of an escarpment of solid rock. Its design and layout allow rays of the sun to ...

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.

An astonishing and alarming incident occurred at the renowned ancient Egyptian temple of Abu Simbel. A British tourist ... what appeared to be ashes "with small pieces resembling bones." ...