The accuracy of the 'optic' portal can be seen in this image. A 3 m high pole has been inserted into the hole on the hill opposite Mnajdra. The position of the hole is exactly in the place where the sun would have risen 5,500 years ago, and thus the sun would have risen just beside this pole. The 3m pole is easily visible to the naked eye from the inside of Mnajdra, exactly through the crack formed by the megaliths forming the temple portal.

SEE: Beam and Sunrise

SEE: December Solstice

SEE: Winter Sunrise

SEE: Marker hole

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