One of the most intriguing mysteries lies in the Intihuatana stone. Archaeologists believe it functioned as an astronomic ...

Andrew Murray Threipland unbolts a heavy iron yett (a latticed gate), and we walk in single file down the passage to the ...

Solstice' on display in Frederick ...

The next full moon, the first of 2025, is known as the wolf moon; ice moon or old moon; the moon after yule. It is an interesting astronomical phenomenon, as it arrives in the midd ...

His wife cobbled together a costume out of a robe they bought on a trip to Egypt, sheer lace window ... and the added daylight after the winter solstice,” Felsen said, noting there was no ...

The Winter Solstice passed over the weekend. But the solstice doesn’t just mark the longest night of the year – it means the days will only get longer from now until the time changes in March ...

When the Egyptian calendar was created around 4,800 ... Kingdom (circa 2030 to 1640 B.C.) Wepet Renpet fell near the winter solstice in December, Belmonte noted. At times, the Egyptians celebrated ...

Egypt offered a dazzling spectacle as the rising sun aligned perfectly with its main axis, a rare event that occurs annually on December 21 to mark the winter solstice. The solar alignment illuminated ...

The Winter Solstice passed over the weekend. But the solstice doesn’t just mark the longest night of the year – it means the days will only get longer from now until the time changes in March 2025.

The sun alignment at Karnak Temple is significant in ancient Egyptian culture. It marks the winter solstice, when the sun, after its longest absence, was believed to be “reborn.” Ancient Egyptians saw ...

He was a solar deity of Egypt who took on different forms ... and about the time of the winter solstice she gave birth to Harpocrates, imperfect and premature, amid the early flowers and shoots.” ...

Egypt, around the 21st of each month from April of last year to March of this year. December 21, when the sun is farthest to the left (south), corresponds to the winter solstice. The word ...