Tourists both foreign and domestic witnessed a biannual sun alignment on Monday, which lighted up the statue of King Ramses II in Aswan’s Abu Simbel temple. This unique phenomenon takes place just twice a year, on October 22 to mark the king’s birthday and the beginning of the growing season and again on February 22 to celebrate his coronation and the start of harvest season. On these two days, the temple opens its doors for tourists at three am in order to facilitate viewings of this special occurrence, which lasts for about 20 minutes. Hundreds of tourists queued in order to watch the sunlight penetrate sixty meters into the temple, lighting up the king’s face. Archaeologist Abdel-Moneim S
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