Ancient Solar Eclipse Shifts Egypt

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A total solar eclipse from 2471 B.C. may have shaken Egypt's cult of the sun

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Archaeoastronomer Giulio Magli says a 2471 B.C. solar eclipse's path of totality coincides with a major shift in Egyptian tradition.

Pharaoh Shepsekaf , the reigning ruler of the fourth Egyptian dynasty , was buried in a tomb that didn't face Heliopolis , a religious center associated with Ra .

Solar worship resumed with the fifth Egyptian dynasty.

The solar worship was connected with the construction of a new building, called " The Sun Temple " Each pharaoh of the fifth dynasty built one of these structures in addition to a pyramid.

Another total solar eclipse appeared to have occurred a stunning 1,000 years later .

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