Abu Simbel – Abdullah Salah
Saturday, October 21, 2023 07:16 PM
The world’s attention is focused on those interested in Egyptian civilization The city of Abu Simbel To the south of Egypt, following a unique astronomical phenomenon simulated by the ancient Egyptians thousands of years ago, inside the Great Temple of King Rameses II, is the occurrence of the Sun perpendicular to the Holy of Holies.
“The Seventh Day” reviews the most important information about the vertical occurrence of the Sun. Learn about it:
1- The vertical occurrence of the sun is a unique astronomical phenomenon that was enshrined thousands of years ago by the ancient Egyptians in the temple of Abu Simbel.
2- Vertical Sun occurs only on two days in a year October 22nd and February 22nd.
3- This event starts with sunrise and lasts only about 20 minutes
4- The phenomenon of the sun being perpendicular is one of the more recent phenomena discovered by archaeologists, but it was enshrined thousands of years ago by the ancient Egyptians in the Temple of Ramesses the Great at Abu Simbel.
5- The phenomenon of the sun being vertical was discovered in the winter of 1874, the British writer Emilia Edwards and her team observed this phenomenon and recorded it in her book titled “A Thousand Miles Above the Nile” published in 1899.
6- The event begins with the sunlight falling on the facade of the temple, which is 33 meters high and 30 meters wide, and the height of the four statues on the facade is 20 meters.
7- The sun’s rays creep into the temple and reach the holy sanctum sixty meters from the entrance.
8- The Holy of Holies includes a statue of King Ramesses II seated on a dais, a statue of the god Ra, his sister Hor, the god Amun, and a statue of the fourth god Pita. Not the sun. Perpendicular to the face of the “Ptah” statue, the ancients considered it the god of darkness.
9- The reason for having the sun perpendicular to Ramses’ face is one of two stories. One, the ancient Egyptians designed the temple based on astronomical movements to determine the beginning of the agricultural season and the harvest season. Second, these two days coincide with the birthday of King Ramesses II and his coronation.
10- The “vertical sun” phenomenon occurred before October 21 and February 21 1964, except that the Abu Simbel temple was moved in the early sixties after the high dam was cut off to save it from being submerged under the waters of the lake. The event was repeated on October 22 and February 22 at the old place carved into the hill, to its present location.
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