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the temple’s sitting in relation to the sun made by the the pharaoh and one of the Sun God seated on one
very particular pharaoh Remises II. side of him. On the other side is a statue of Ptah, the
The entrance to the temple was built so that on goddess of darkness, who remains in the shadows,
two days of the year, February 22, the anniversary of outside the ray of sunlight. These annual events at-
Ramesses’ ascension to the throne and on October tract tourists from all across the world who gather to
22,, which is his birthday, sunlight streams into the celebrate the Sun Festival.
temple sanctuary to illuminate the seated statue of Unaccustomed to such high heat, we moved rather
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