Thousands of foreign tourists lined up in the courtyard of the Abu Simbel Temple this morning, in the longest tourist queue in front of the Abu Simbel Temple, one of the most important archaeological monuments in the world in southern Egypt, to witness the phenomenon of the sun perpendicular.
Entering the temple before the phenomenon
Tourists were keen to enter the temple approximately three hours before sunrise, to take a place in the first rows in front of the Holy of Holies platform inside the Great Temple of King Ramesses II in the city of Abu Simbel.
The sun is perpendicular to Ramses’ face
The rays of the sun’s disk embraced the face of King Ramses inside his great temple in southern Egypt, in one of the rare astronomical phenomena that only occurs twice a year, February 22 and October 22, amid the presence of a crowd of thousands of tourists from various international nationalities around the world to follow this unique astronomical phenomenon.
Tourists in front of Abu Simbel Temple to watch the phenomenon of sun perpendicularity
The sun perpendicular to Abu Simbel Temple
Tourists queue in front of Abu Simbel Temple
The phenomenon of the sun perpendicular to the Abu Simbel Temple
