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ABU SIMBEL FESTIVAL


This festival Abu Simbel is celebrated the two days of the year on which the light of the rising sun can reach the 180-foot deep innermost chambers of Abu Simbel, the great temple of Ramses II, in Egypt. The temple was designed so that only on these two days once on the anniversary of his ascension to the throne (in February, around the 22nd), and another on his birthday (in October, around the 22nd). -  does the sun shine on the four gods in the sanctuary: Ptah, Amen-Re, Ramses, and Re- Horakhty. This temple, the most colossal in Egypt, was built by Ramses II between 1300 and 1233 B.C., and is famous for its four 65-foot statues of the seated Ramses. It was unknown to the European world until Swiss explorer Johann Burckhardt found it in 1812. The Italian Giovanni Belzoni excavated the entrance and explored the temple in 1816. In 1964, when the new Aswan Dam was to be built, creating a lake that would have drowned the temple, it was cut into 2,000 pieces and reassembled at a site about 180 feet higher. It is not as perfect as it was at the foot of the cliff— but it was saved.
 
Abu Simbel Sun Festival
The magnificent temples in Abu-Simbel become even more enchanting at night when the sound and light show lights up the façade with wonderful lighting, music and narration. Artists inspired by its history take you back thousands of years ago to show you how Ramses the Great ruled Egypt.A masterful spectacle, the show includes projections on the great and minor temple facades that show you how they once looked. The script is developed in nine languages (English, Arabic, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese and Japanese) and earpieces are provided for convenience.The show is usually played 3 times daily, at 6, 7 and 8 pm.

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