about midday
Above the gate stood the most worthy Herhor , his eyes fixed on the sky , and two priests supporting his holy hands with which he had dissipated darkness , and saved his people from destruction . Scenes of the same kind with certain changes took place throughout all Lower Egypt . In each city on the 20th of Paofi people had collected from early morning . In each city about midday some band was storming a sacred gate . About one the high priest of the temple , with a retinue , cursed the faithless attackers and produced darkness . But when the throng fled in panic , or fell on the ground , the high priest prayed to Osiris to show his face , and then the light of day returned to the earth again . In this way , thanks to the eclipse of the sun , the party of the priests , full of wisdom , had shaken the importance of Ramses XIII in Lower Egypt .