Sun Rises on Ramses

Tourists and locals gathered around the temple of Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt yesterday for a solar alignment that only happens twice a year, Anadolu says. The sun beams on Ramses II’s face in the inner chamber of the temple on 22 October, to mark his birthday, and 22 February to commemorate the day of his ascension to the throne. The two dates are also said to mark the growing and harvesting seasons.