dec 20, 1232 BC - ANCHOR Full Moon

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MOSES AND THE EXODUS: HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE by Gerard Gertoux

The reign of Ramses II is fixed by two astronomical phenomena: 1) a helical rising of Sirius during the 11-year reign of Sety I, dated I Akhet 1, year 4156, which fixes157 his accession around -1294 +/- 4. It is indeed a Sothic rising because the astronomical ceiling of Sety I actually started by a Sothic rising and according to his Cenotaph: All these stars begin on 1st Akhet when Sirius appears158; 2) the 1st day of the Egyptian lunar calendar (called psdntyw "shining ones") dated II Peret 27 in the year 52 of Ramses II159 (December 20, 1232 BCE) actually coincides with a full moon (such coincidence occurs only every 25 years).

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