Thursday, February 24, 2005

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 the February 22 equinox, when the sun's rays travel through the temple of Ramses II to illuminate the king's face.

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