Sun Festival Event at Abu Simbel

The Sun Festival Event is held in Abu Simbel twice a year! Abu Simbel is an archaeological site located on the west bank of Lake Nasser, some 285 km southwest of Aswan. It is one of the Nubian sites included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The double temples of Abu Simbel were originally carved in the mountains during the reign of King Ramses II in the 13th century BC, as a permanent monument to him and his wife Queen Nefertari, to celebrate the anniversary of his victory in the Battle of Kadesh against the Hittites.

However, in 1960, the complex was completely moved to another place, on an artificial hill made of a steel dome structure, and above the reservoir of the High Dam in Aswan.