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Ancient Egypt astronomy

 

Ancient Egypt gave us few things :

* decans whicj ar largly  used in astrology,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celestial planisphere of Dendera, about 20 AD,

by Prosper Jollois et Edouard Devilliers,

Description de l’Égypte, V, 1809-1828.

 

Files

* Datas on ancient Egypt constellations, by Roland Laffitte pour URANOS (in French)

* About Egyptian zodiacs, by Roland Laffitte pour URANOS  (in French)

 

Bibliography on the net

Gary D. Thompson, Australia

http://members.optusnet.com.au/gtosiris/page3.html#Babylonian

Universiteit Utrecht

http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/babylon/babybibl_fixedstars.htm

Warburg Institute (London)

http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/mnemosyne/Orientation/astrobib/astro_biblio2.htm

 

For more details, see the files belonging to the Scholars Space

Keeping Ma’at: an astronomical approach to the orientation of the temples in ancient Egypt, by Juan Antonio Belmonte

and Mosalam Shaltout

 

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