As the clock strikes 6:50 minutes in the morning of next October 22, the world’s attention will turn towards the historic city of Abu Simbel, south of Aswan, to follow the most famous astronomical phenomenon immortalized by the ancient Egyptian, as the sun perpendiculars to the statue of King Ramesses II in his great temple, amid an official presence from the state leading them. Officials of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and Aswan Governorate
In the unique event that occurs twice during the year, one on February 22 and the other on October 22, the sun is perpendicular to the face of the statue of King Ramses II, creating what looks like a flood of light. It fills the features of the face of the Pharaonic king inside his room in the Holy of Holies, then the sun’s rays multiply quickly, forming a beam of light that illuminates the faces of the four statues inside the Holy of Holies, which are the statues of the gods Amun, Ra, Hor, and Ptah, which were sanctified and worshiped by the ancient Egyptian
Archaeologist Dr. Ahmed Masoud, chief inspector of Abu Simbel antiquities in Aswan, said that the perpendicularity of the sun is still a mystery that has baffled archaeologists and astronomers until now, wondering? How did the ancient Egyptians succeed in determining and calculating the date of the sun’s perpendicularity before carving the temple? Which in turn would require decades of research and study to try to solve this puzzle and reveal its code, in addition to the skill of construction and placing the temple at a specific angle of deviation to receive the sun’s rays in this way to ensure The sunlight reaches perpendicular to the statue of Ramesses II inside a room in the Holy of Holies.
He added that what is also strange about the phenomenon is that the light and rays of the sun, as the sun rises on this day, penetrate the walls and halls of the Temple of Ramesses II, which rise 60 meters. , reaching the Holy of Holies, creating what looks like a flood of light on the statue of King Ramesses II and the statues of the gods (Amun and Ra Hor), while the sun does not reach the statue of the god Ptah, which the ancients considered the god of darkness.
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