Egypt
- 1,200 Tourists Gather To Watch Sun Light Temple
Youm 7 Coming from different countries, 1,200 tourists were able to see the sun illuminate the inner sanctuary of the Abu Simbel temple Saturday, amidst an expansion of facilities used by tourists to the southern Egyptian archeological site. Archaeologist...
- 44 Thousand Tourists Attended Sound And Light Shows In Abu Simbel
Egypt State Information Service The number of tourists who attended the sound and light shows at the temple of Ramses II and Nefertari in Abu Simbel city during the past six months reached 44 thousands of different nationalities. Director of the Sound...
- Sunlight Falling On The Face Of Ramses Ii
http://tinyurl.com/28vja2 (sis.gov.eg) "Up to 5,000 tourists witnessed here onThursday22/2/2007 the celebration of the perpendicular sun fall on the face of Pharaoh Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel Temple in Luxor. The captivating event happens twice per...
- Sun To Fall On Ramses Ii At Abu Simbel
http://tinyurl.com/y66ecp (sis.gov.eg)"Egypt will witness the annual celebration of the perpendicular sun fall on the face of Pharaoh Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel Temple in Luxor on Sunday October 22. . . . Mohamed Hamid, director of the Abu Simbel...
- Farming Threatens Ancient Egyptian Sites
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/09/22/egypt20050922.html "Egyptian reliefs dating back thousands of years could disappear within a decade, archaeologists said on Thursday. As Egypt's population grows, agricultural land moves closer to...
Egypt
Abu Simbel farmers release tourists held over water shortage
Egypt Independent
Dozens of farmers in the Abu Simbel area have ended a sit-in and released 204 tourists they had held hostage inside their buses to demand the provision of irrigation water for their farms, Abu Simbel Mayor Assad Abdel Majid told ONA news agency Sunday.
The farmers captured the tourists after they had visited the Ramses II and Nefertari temples, blocking the road in front of the Abu Simbel Temple.
More than 2,500 acres had been planted since the beginning of the growing season and will be damaged due to a lack of irrigation water, the farmers had told Al-Masry Al-Youm.
- 1,200 Tourists Gather To Watch Sun Light Temple
Youm 7 Coming from different countries, 1,200 tourists were able to see the sun illuminate the inner sanctuary of the Abu Simbel temple Saturday, amidst an expansion of facilities used by tourists to the southern Egyptian archeological site. Archaeologist...
- 44 Thousand Tourists Attended Sound And Light Shows In Abu Simbel
Egypt State Information Service The number of tourists who attended the sound and light shows at the temple of Ramses II and Nefertari in Abu Simbel city during the past six months reached 44 thousands of different nationalities. Director of the Sound...
- Sunlight Falling On The Face Of Ramses Ii
http://tinyurl.com/28vja2 (sis.gov.eg) "Up to 5,000 tourists witnessed here onThursday22/2/2007 the celebration of the perpendicular sun fall on the face of Pharaoh Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel Temple in Luxor. The captivating event happens twice per...
- Sun To Fall On Ramses Ii At Abu Simbel
http://tinyurl.com/y66ecp (sis.gov.eg)"Egypt will witness the annual celebration of the perpendicular sun fall on the face of Pharaoh Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel Temple in Luxor on Sunday October 22. . . . Mohamed Hamid, director of the Abu Simbel...
- Farming Threatens Ancient Egyptian Sites
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/09/22/egypt20050922.html "Egyptian reliefs dating back thousands of years could disappear within a decade, archaeologists said on Thursday. As Egypt's population grows, agricultural land moves closer to...