The sun passes over the shrine of the Karnak Temple an attractive

1- The phenomenon is considered one of the most important astronomical phenomena due to its occurrence in conjunction with its repetition in Qasr Qarun Temple in Fayoum.

2- The same phenomenon is repeated on the shrine of the Holy of Holies in the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahri, which represents a great event for the Pharaonic city.

3- The phenomenon was only discovered 14 years ago by a temple guard.

4- The phenomenon begins with the rising of the sun of December 21 of each year, marking the winter solstice.

5- Tourists see the sun disk in the middle of the eastern gate located on the main axis of the temple, which astronomically represents the far southeast of the horizon from which the sun rises.

6- Then the sun's rays perpendicular to the shrine of the Holy of Holies for a period of minutes.

7- The sun’s rays then spread inside the holy sites at midday.

8- On this day, the sun is at the farthest corner from the equator, and perpendicular to the Tropic of Capricorn, and the days 21 and 22 are the shortest during the hours of the day, and the longest during the night, just as the sun illuminates the offering tables set up on the same axis of the temple.

9- This day coincides with the beginning of the germination season for the ancient Egyptians, where the crops sprout, the leaves of the trees, the flowers bloom, and the farmers begin the hard work in the fields after the long flood season in which the forearms were idle.