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A golden sunbeam illuminates a 3,000-year-old Egyptian temple (apnews.com)
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The sunrise illuminated the face of the statue of Ramesses II in Egypt’s Abu Simbel temple on Thursday, something which happens only twice a year. Hundreds of tourists from different parts of the world came to witness the event.

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Fun fact, the temple wasn't built there. It was built in what's now a reservoir before a dam in the Nile. They moved the entire temple in pieces so it wouldn't be submerged.

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