Winter solstice’s first rays of sun align with ancient Luxor temple

The winter solstice is a special day at the Ancient Egyptian temple complex at Luxor on the Nile River.

On the northern hemisphere’s shortest day of the year, the first rays of sunlight in the early morning align perfectly with the main axis of the city’s Temple of Amun-Re.

As the sun bathes the temple, it enters the Holy of Holies which houses a statue of Amun, the god of air and fertility.

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