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Twice a Year, the Sun Reached the Bottom of This Egyptian Temple on the Exact Date: Since It Was Raised 60 Meters Higher, It Is No Longer the Right Day
In 1968, after raising the 65-metre Abu Simbel temple to save it from the waters of Lake Nasser, engineers had to recalculate its orientation to preserve a 3,000-year-old solar alignment. The phenomenon persists but with a one-day shift, a consequence of the change in altitude and latitude of the reconstructed site. More
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In 1968, after raising the 65-metre Abu Simbel temple to save it from the waters of Lake Nasser, engineers had to recalculate its orientation to preserve a 3,000-year-old solar alignment. The phenomenon persists but with a one-day shift, a consequence of the change in altitude and latitude of the reconstructed site. More