On the west bank of Nile, at Aswan, Egypt, lie the ancient temple of Abu simbel dedicated to the Sun god, amara and Ra horakhti. Thevar built by Pharaoh Ramses around 1200 BC. 20 seated statues Ramses and his queen nefertitiguard the entrance to the temple. The temple faces the east and was built in such a way that twice a year, in October and February, the rays of the morning Sun penetrate the entire length of the two great halls up to the sanctury inside and light up the status of the sun gods and the pharaoh.
The temple known for its spell binding grand year took 20 years to build and was burkhardt in 1812 full stop the monument celebrate the victory of RAM in the battle of fought between the Egyptian and anatolians in 1274 BCE.
the sun festival celebrated here when the sun illuminates the status draws tourists in force. The entire town comes alive with music, dance and choices local cuicenes.
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