Kourion Sundial - Digital Simulation
Index of Digital Rendered Images
1. January 1st or 2nd, 2002 (January 6th, 45 BCE) : Perihelion, in Kourion with a pin length of ,1846 m. Shadow is cast near Line B.
2. January 1st or 2nd, 2002 (January 6th, 45 BCE) in Cairo with a pin length of 0.1673 m. Shadow corresponds to line B.2. January 1st or 2nd, 2002 (January 6th, 45 BCE) in Cairo with a pin length of 0.1673 m. Shadow corresponds to line B.
3. Noon of 24 February 303, in the Agora of Kourion. Emperor Diocletian issues the Anti-Christian Edict.
4. Line C in Cairo, corresponds to Febr. 12, 2002, February 15, 46 BCE, or February 13, 200 CE. 36 days before Vernal Equinox. SAME AS 19.
5. Noon of 25 March, 46 BCE (Noon of 23 March 200 CE; Noon of 20 March, 2002): Vernal Equinox, noon, in Kourion , with a pin length of .1846 m. Julius Caesar, reformed the calendar by switching its base from lunar to solar. The day on which the Vernal Equinox occurred was defined as March 25. The Council of Nicea had in June 325 fixed the date of the Equinox on March 21, thus adopting to the error of 4 days due to the "Precession of Equinoxes". 26 September of 46 BCE (22 September 2002): Autumn Equinox, noon in Kourion with a pin length of .1846 m.----- Shadow corresponds to line D.
6. Noon of 25 March, 46 BCE (Noon of 23 March 200 CE; 20 March, 2002): Vernal Equinox, noon in Cairo (right) with a pin length of 0.1673 m. Shadow corresponds to line D. Also, 26 September of 46 BCE (22 September 2002): noon, in Cairo with a pin length of 0.1673 m. On 26 September of year 70 Jerusalem falls to Vespasian's and Titus' troops, after the Jewish Revolt is suppressed.
7. Noon of 19 May 363, in the Agora of Kourion: A major earthquake shakes the Eastern Mediterranean basin. The destruction relates to the collapse of the classical city infrastructure, dams and network in the East and marks the "medieval", management of demotic space. Many cities never recovered from the destruction which accelerated the transition from the classical Polis to Byzantine city and Oriental Medina.
8. Line E in Cairo, corresponds to 21 April or 30 days after Vernal Equinox; during Severan times this would be 23 April.
9. 25 June 46 BCE (23 June 200 CE, 21 June 2002): Summer Solstice, noon, in Kourion (left) with a gnomon length 18.46 m. and
10. 25 June 46 BCE (23 June 200 CE, 21 June 2002): Summer Solstice, noon, in Cairo (right) with a gnomon length of 0.1673 m. Shadow corresponds to line G.
11. July 10, 2002: noon, in Kourion (left) Line F
12. July 10, 2002 in Cairo (right) with a pin length of 0.1673 m.
13. Noon of 20 July 2002 in Kourion with a pin length of 18.46 m. Shadow corresponds to Line F. This date would be 24 July in year 67 CE: The Great Fire destroys 15 out of 19 Rome's neighbourhoods. Rumors held Emperor Nero responsible for the arson. This must have been the reading in the sundial of the Kourion Agora, on 21 July 365, when a severe Earthquake devastated the entire city of Kourion and the sundial most probably, went out of use. Line F in Cairo, with a gnomon length 0.1673 m., also corresponds to May 21 2002, May 25 46 BCE, or May 23 200 CE, or 60 days after the Vernal Equinox.
14. Line E in Cairo, with gnomon length 0.1673 m. corresponds to 21 August, 2002, 60 days after the Great Summer Solstice. In Severan times, around year 200 CE, that would be August 23.
15. Those who frequented and worked in the Kourion Agora in around 9 a.m. could read this very shadow cast in the sundial, when the volcano near Pompeii went off on August 24, 79 C.E. (August 20 2002).
16. 7 a.m. of 2 September 31 BCE (August 29 2002) : Octavius Augustus wins the Battle at Aktion, ends a long period of civil war, and starts the transition from the Republic to Empire.
26 September of 46 BCE (22 September 2002): Autumn Equinox, noon, in Kourion with a pin length of 18.46 m.----- Shadow corresponds to line D. SAME AS No 5.
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18. 26 September of 46 BCE (22 September 2002): noon, in Cairo with a pin length of 0.1673 m. On 26 September of year 70 Jerusalem falls to Vespasian's and Titus' troops, after the Jewish Revolt is suppressed. SAME AS No 6.
19. Line C in Cairo, corresponds to October 28, 2002, October 30, 200 CE; Nov. 1, 46 BCE. or 36 days after the Automnal Equinox. Line C in Cairo, also corresponds to Febr. 12, 2002, February 15, 46 BCE, or February 13, 200 CE. 36 days before Vernal Equinox.
20. 25 December 4 or 7 BCE (21 December 2002): Winter Solstice, noon, in Kourion with gnomon length 0.1846 m.
21. 25 December 4 or 7 BCE (21 December 2002) in Cairo with gnomon length 0.1673 m. Jesus is reportedly born in Bethlehem, Palestine. Shadow corresponds to line B.
22. This must have been the reading in the sundial of the Agora, at noon of 21 July 365, when a severe Earthquake devastated the entire city of Kourion and the sundial most probably, went out of use. Same with 13
23. Line F in Cairo, with a gnomon length 0.1673 m., corresponds to May 21 2002, May 25 46 BCE, or May 23 200 CE, or 60 days after the Vernal Equinox. Same with 13
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