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- Sun Reaches The Gods At Abu Simbel On 22/02
Egypt Today Twice a year, on February 22 and October 22, the sun illuminates the statues of Ramses II, Ra and Amun in the sanctuary of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel. People flock to see the statues’ normally shadowed faces light up with the rays of...
- Up To 2,000 Tourists Witness Sun Perpendicular On Ramses Ii Face In Abu Simbel
Egypt State Information Service Up to 2,000 tourists saw in the morning on 22/2/2009 the unique international event to the Sun perpendicular on the face of the King "Ramses II" in his great temple in sanctum in Abu Simble tourist city the rare astronomical...
- Light On Ramesses At Abu Simbel
Egypt State Information Service It's that time of year again: Some 7,000 tourists and Egyptians witnessed Friday 22/2/2008 the phenomenon of the sun falling perpendicular on the face of Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel temple, south Egypt. Happening...
- Illuminating Ramesses At Abu Simbel
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20070228/101685.shtmlAnother piece about how the sun shines into the inner sanctum of the main temple of Abu Simbel to light the face of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. This has become something of a spectacle, with...
- Lighting The Eternal King
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/731/eg6.htm "The usually sedate town of Abu Simbel was abuzz with Ramses fever as the sun's rays penetrated through the temple to illuminate the eternal king's face". A description of the festivities surrounding...
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Sun shines on Ramses II at Abu Simbel
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The first rays of the morning sun lit up the the statue of pharaoh Ramses II at his temple in Abu Simbel in southern Egypt, a phenomenon that occurs only twice a year.
The sun began to enter the temple at 0555 local time (02.55 GMT) for 24 minutes to illuminate the figure of the king of the XIX dynasty of the New Empire (1539-1075 BC). During that brief time, the solar rays traveled along a distance of 60 meters until reaching the sanctum of the temple to announce the start of the month of ‘Bert’, which marked the beginning of the agricultural season for the ancient Egyptians.
The sanctum contains four statues depicting Ramses II as equal to the gods seated in the middle of Re-Herakhty and Amen, with the god Ptah to the right of Amen. The rising sun illuminates all the figures except that of Ptah.
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- Sun Reaches The Gods At Abu Simbel On 22/02
Egypt Today Twice a year, on February 22 and October 22, the sun illuminates the statues of Ramses II, Ra and Amun in the sanctuary of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel. People flock to see the statues’ normally shadowed faces light up with the rays of...
- Up To 2,000 Tourists Witness Sun Perpendicular On Ramses Ii Face In Abu Simbel
Egypt State Information Service Up to 2,000 tourists saw in the morning on 22/2/2009 the unique international event to the Sun perpendicular on the face of the King "Ramses II" in his great temple in sanctum in Abu Simble tourist city the rare astronomical...
- Light On Ramesses At Abu Simbel
Egypt State Information Service It's that time of year again: Some 7,000 tourists and Egyptians witnessed Friday 22/2/2008 the phenomenon of the sun falling perpendicular on the face of Ramses II statue in Abu Simbel temple, south Egypt. Happening...
- Illuminating Ramesses At Abu Simbel
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20070228/101685.shtmlAnother piece about how the sun shines into the inner sanctum of the main temple of Abu Simbel to light the face of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. This has become something of a spectacle, with...
- Lighting The Eternal King
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/731/eg6.htm "The usually sedate town of Abu Simbel was abuzz with Ramses fever as the sun's rays penetrated through the temple to illuminate the eternal king's face". A description of the festivities surrounding...