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Constellations Thesis Book by Nesrin Zidan

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Lastly, the most striking is the

Abu Simbel temple, dedicated to Rameses

II. The temple is designed in such

a way that on his birthday, the sun illuminates

his statue for 20 minutes. It is a

solar phenomenon that occurs twice a

year, on the 22nd of February and on the

22nd of October, in the city of Aswan.

Fig. 2.7. Sundial Concept Diagram

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