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 | (Left) Sunrise on the winter solstice highlights the Colossi of Memnon on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the temple of Luxor. (Right) Sunrise behind the Temple of Luxor. |  |
 |  | (Far left) Karnak axis at dawn, photographed two weeks before the winter solstice. (Left) Karnak axis at dawn, 21 December, the winter solstice. |
| (Right) The temple of Amen-Ra at Karnak - 'the horizon of heaven on earth'. (Far right) Entrance to the hypostyle hall, Dendera, viewed from the vestibule. |  |  |
 | (Left) The hypostyle hall at Edfu, temple of Horus. (Right) The circular zodiac from Dendera, now in the Louvre, Paris. |  |
| (Right) The second shrine of Tutankhamun depicts an explicit connection between intellect, insight and astronomy. |  |
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