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

"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past as bad omens or good omens."The date is April 1, 2471 B.C., and a total solar eclipse has forced night to fall during the day in Egypt. The sun has morphed into a lifeless black circle surrounded by a milky halo, a consequence …