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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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I only found out last year, that through the 1900s, Stonehenge has also been restored, and monoliths moved from their original positions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge#1901%E2%80%932000

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