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Your Egyptologist guide assigned by Cairo Top Tours will meet you at your hotel lobby to start your amazing day tour to Abu Simbel from Aswan by bus. Your personal driver and tour guide will transfer you by bus to enjoy the best Aswan tours and the best things to do in Aswan, which is known as the temple of Abu Simbel. The two temples of Abu Simbel were cut into the mountain rocks by King Ramses II of the nineteenth dynasty, who built these magnificent temples for himself and his favorite wife, Queen Nefertari.
The temples of Abu Simbel are considered to be the treasures of ancient Egyptian art and architecture and evidence of the glory and majesty of the New Kingdom Pharaohs; they show the wealth of the Egyptian empire generated as a result of the military operations into Asian and African countries. The Egyptian government and UNESCO led an international salvage campaign to move the two temples of Abu Simbel, saving them from being submerged by the increasing water of Lake Nasser behind the high dam.
The Temple of Ramses II is dedicated to the four universal gods Ptah, Re-Her-Akhtey, Amun-Re, and to Ramses II himself. The great Abu Simbel temple is also called The Sun Temple of Ramses II. The smaller temple is built for his favorite wife, the Nubian Queen Nefertari; the temple is dedicated to the cow goddess of love and music, Hathor.
2 times every year, on February 21 and October, in an act of astronomical perfection, magic is done and the sun goes through the temple at dawn to illuminate the statues of the gods. The Temple of Nefertari, Pharaoh's beloved wife. of smaller size but similar beauty, the facade of this temple has six figures carved in the rock, and its interior also has nothing to envy that of the main temple.
After exploring the site and taking the most memorable photos assisted by our professional guides who join you during all our Aswan day trips and excursions, you will then start moving back to Aswan.
