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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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[–] 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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    • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago

    Aziz, LIGHT!

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    [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    It's happened only twice a year since 1968, which is when the Abu Simbel temples were relocated from their original position to avoid being flooded by the Aswan dam.

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    • [–] [S] 13 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

    Also mildly infuriating, as apparently everyone there to experience it in person did so THROUGH THEIR GODDAMN PHONE SCREEN.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    How is the way other people experience their lives infuriating? It’s no skin off your back

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    It's just a pet peeve.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    The more I travel the more I realize that people travel for different reasons and a lot do it as a thing to check off the list and show off to the people back home.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Sure seems that way.

    The last time I visited MOMA there was a crowd taking pictures and videos with their phones in front of Starry Night, and I honestly wanted to ninja kick every one of them.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    I dunno if I'd call it infuriating, but more like disappointing. Or some better word to describe the feeling I get when people are living their lives in the clouds instead of with both feet on the ground.

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    • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Belloq's staff is too long. They're digging in the wrong place!

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    [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    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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