Twice a year, sun lights up Ramses II's 3,000-year-old temple

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Twice a year, sun lights up Ramses II's 3,000-year-old temple

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Hundreds of visitors and local residents gathered at a temple in southern Egypt before dawn to witness sunlight illuminate the ancient site. The rare alignment occurs twice a year at the 3,000-year-old temple of Ramses II.

Hundreds of tourists from around the world and locals gathered at dawn Thursday at a temple in southern Egypt, with some sleeping outside it overnight to witness a solar phenomenon...

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