Today the sun shone perpendicularly on the face of King Ramses II statue in the temple of Abu Simbel in southern Egypt, which is repeated twice a year event and witnessed by thousands of tourists.
Organized by the Ministries of Culture and Tourism celebrations on this occasion, as the Ministry of Aviation has decided to offer discount prices tickets between Cairo and Abu Simbel to encourage tourists, where thousands came to the temple of Abu Simbel to follow the event.
The sun passes began at 5:52 pm local time, and lasted for 22 minutes, during which the sun cut 60 meters inside the temple columns rays passing through the hall leading to the room in which sits a statue of Ramses II.
The sun shines vertically on the face of King Ramses II statue twice each year, the first in October / October 22, which marks the birth of the King holiday, and the other in the February 22 holiday he took the throne, as the pharaoh third described in the ninth family of ten that he was the most powerful pharaohs of Egypt .
Source: Aljazeera and agencies