Aligned precisely along the visual axis connecting to the Great Pyramids, the GEM's grand atrium houses the 3,200-year-old colossal red granite statue of Ramses II, positioned so solar rays strike his face on key anniversary dates.
The full decipherment and its observational protocol — where to stand, when, and what to watch for — are in the Cairo & Giza field codex.
Or read the complete Florence codex free first.