Dendera’s Zodiac Temple Qena-Egypt
Dendera or Dandara Zodiac’s ceiling representation.Do you know about Hathors Jewel "The Menat"?
Although this Zodiac has Greek influence it has also Egyptian significance because the Zodiac is the movement of stars and planets in the sky in relation to the imaginary sun trajectory during the year, a knowledge that goes back in time thousands of years before humans became tide to agriculture. Dendera was one of the greatest centers of astronomic observation calculation with the outmost technology known at that time in ancient Egypt.
Even so that there is evidence that of construction in this area since the Old Empire Period the principal temple the names of the Pharaohs of the late dynastic period found there date a few centuries before this Era.
Although this Zodiac has Greek influence it has also Egyptian significance because the Zodiac is the movement of stars and planets in the sky in relation to the imaginary sun trajectory during the year, a knowledge that goes back in time thousands of years before humans became tide to agriculture. Dendera was one of the greatest centers of astronomic observation calculation with the outmost technology known at that time in ancient Egypt.
Even so that there is evidence that of construction in this area since the Old Empire Period the principal temple the names of the Pharaohs of the late dynastic period found there date a few centuries before this Era.
Ancient Egyptians thought that planet and stars floated in water in order to be able to move in the sky and for such reason they portrayed with reed boats or wings their deities and privileged spirits that were able to live in the sky enjoying their afterwards eternal life.
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