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Twice a year, a golden sunbeam illuminates a 3,000-year-old Egyptian temple
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ABU SIMBEL, Egypt (AP) — 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 that has taken place here for millennia. Twice a year, on Oct. 22 and Feb.
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ABU SIMBEL, Egypt (AP) — 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 that has taken place here for millennia. Twice a year, on Oct. 22 and Feb.
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