Aswan Governorate has finalized all preparations to organize a world-class event marking a biannual phenomenon of the sun illuminating a statue of King Ramses II at Abu Simbel on Sunday.

The unique phenomenon will be screened on huge screens placed in the courtyard of the temple to be aired to the whole world, general director of Abu Simbel antiquities Hossam Aboud said on Saturday.

About 2,000 tourists are expected to gather at the 3,200-year-old temple to watch the dawn event, when the sun aligns with the temple. 

Earlier in the day, Egyptian authorities canceled all festivities of the event in the wake of the Western Desert terrorist incident that killed 16 policemen Friday