Joel Kontinen
"The ancient Egyptians likely arranged this on purpose.
The Sphinx had a "distinctive astronomical" moment with the sun during the spring equinox when, in a shining flourish, the sun set on the shoulder of the half-man, half-lion statue on March 19, according to the Egypt Ministry of Antiquities.
This phenomenon happens only twice a year, during the spring in March and the fall equinox in September, according to the ministry.
During the equinox, Earth's axis doesn't point toward or away from the sun, meaning that the Northern and Southern hemispheres receive equal amounts of the sun's light. In other words, the day and the night are equal in length."
The early chapters of the Bible indicate that already at the dawn of history, humans were able to smelt and refine metals (Genesis 4:22), just a few generations after creation. Thus, Babylonian astronomerswere cleverer than we thought and the wise men from the east could reach Christ’s birthplace.
Stonehenge in Britain has also caused a rethink of evolution-based views has also caused a rethink of evolution-based views.
Stonehenge tells us that early man was cleverer than we thought.
Then there’s the Antikythera Mechanism. With at least 30 gear wheels and pointers, it was a mechanical computer for calculating the movements of the sun, moon and probably also some planets.
And it was built 2,000 years ago.
Source:
Geggel, Laura. 2020. The equinox reveals one of the secrets of Egypt's iconic Sphinx. Live Science. 23 March.
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