Miraculous Scietific Wonder Of Ancient Egypt

For about 6,555 times since 1264 B.C. the sunlight entered the Great temple of Abu Simbel of the Egyptian king Ramses the Great, in Abu Simbel city, South Egypt. 1,130 km south of Cairo on the bank of Nasser Lake, Egyptians celebrate the scientifically-miraculous man-made solar phenomenon of the solar illumination of the innermost chamber of the 33m- tall Great Temple of Abu Simbel twice a year. The two temples of Abu Simbel city or Abshek city in the ancient Egyptian language were carved in the Nile mountains of South Egypt 3,278 years ago to commemorate pyrrhic victory of the Ancient Egyptian Empire, the world superpower at that time over the Indo=European Anatolian Hittie empire. The significance does not stop on the military commemoration only, on the contrary, the bigger temple of Abu Simbel which is better known to archeologists as the Great Temple of Abu Simbel has more astonishing tale about it. Twice per year on February 21 and October 21, the larger temple of Abshak city which lies besides the temple of publicly-loved Egyptian Queen Nefertan, the beloved wife of Ramases II, witnesses a rare and a unique astronomical, yet man-made phenomenon perfectly engineered and calculated by ancient mathematicians, astronomers, architects, and the scientists of the Muslim-dominated country of Egypt. The ancient ancestors of Egyptian Muslims succeeded in applying their advanced theoretical knowledge to real life represented in a world-unique landmark on the land of Egypt. Ancient Egyptian Scientists constructed the inner chamber of Great temple of Abu Simbel to be in total darkness through out the year, which was sharply calculated and documented by them for the first time in human history and they intended to light the chamber with sunlight ob two dates only.

The first date is February 21, which memorises the crowning of Egyptian King Ramases II, and 21st of October commemorates his birthday. After saving the temple from drowning beneath the water of Nasser Lake UNESCO relocated the temples and worked hard to keep te man-made astronomical phenomenon going. The new coordinates and 210 m-higher elevation obligated the phenomenon to take place 24 hours post the actual two dates, however the phenomenon is still occurring on both dates of Feb 22 and Oct 22. Ancient Egyptians built over a thousand of years an extremely advanced knowledge of astronomy that allowed tjhem to implement his event. They accurately calculated that the Sun rises and sets from the sole point of exact east on March 21. They were also aware that its rising and setting points shift by a quarter of a degree every day throughout the year towards the north ,till it reaches a point that is 23 degrees and 27 minutes (23 deg 27'N)away from the equator on the 22nd of June. The brilliance of the ancient Egyptian Muslims did not stop at this point but they managed to make an application out of the essence of these conclusions and observations.

They chose just one point from the points we mentioned above where the sun rises and sets twice per year in Egypt. Their choice was the point that lies 4 months away from the two edges points of the apparent movement of the Sun as seen from Planet Earth (60 days before the Solstice and 60 days after it, respectively.) The point was not selected haphazardly, they selected the point which matches with October 21, the birthday of Egyptian King Ramses II.