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UNESCO celebrates Nubian salvage at Aswan
Fifty years on from the earnest appeal sent out from Egypt and Sudan for an international salvage campaign for the Nubian monuments, UNESCO will be celebrating this important anniversary with the conference: ‘Lower Nubia: Revisiting memories of the past, envisaging perspectives for the future’ to be held on March 21-24. With the construction of the... »
The Winter Vault
Award-winning poet and novelist Anne Michaels gives us in The Winter Vault a love story of extraordinary depth and complexity, a mesmerizing tale that juxtaposes historical events with the most intimate moments of individual lives. In 1964, a newly married Canadian couple settles into a Nile River houseboat moored below the towering figures of Abu... »
Up to 2,000 tourists witness sun perpendicular on Ramses II face in Abu Simbel
Image via Wikipedia Up to 2,000 tourists saw in the morning of Feb 22 the unique event of the Sun’s rays penetrating the Great Temple all the way to the inner sanctum to illuminate the face of Ramses II. The rare astronomical and engineering phenomenon happens on February 22 and October 22 each year. The director... »
Sun shines on Ramses II at Abu Simbel
The first rays of the morning sun lit up the the statue of pharaoh Ramses II at his temple in Abu Simbel in southern Egypt, a phenomenon that occurs only twice a year. The sun began to enter the temple at 0555 local time (02.55 GMT) for 24 minutes to illuminate the figure of the... »
