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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.
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* 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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