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Visitors gather before sunrise outside Ramses II's (1279-1213 BC) Great Temple in Egypt's southern town of Abu Simbel ahead of the solar alignment early on February 22, 2022. The sun illuminates the temple's inner sanctuary only twice a year with a wide belief among archaeologists that the two days mark the pharaoh's birthday and day of coronation. The temple, constructed circa 1264 BC, was cut out of sandstone cliffs above the Nile River in an area near the second cataract. It was saved from the rising waters of Lake Nasser created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s by an international campaign led by UNESCO to move the temple to higher ground. (Photo by Mohamed Asad/AFP Photo)
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