Egypt
Innovations Report (Jiro Kondo)
See the above for more.
- Astronomical Interest In The Big Dipper
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) New research on a 2,400 year old star table shows that the Ancient Egyptians kept close tabs on the Big Dipper, monitoring changes in the constellation’s orientation throughout the course of an entire year. The Big Dipper is...
- Into The Tombs Of The Pharaohs
The Telegraph, UK (Sophie Campbell) She was lying on her back at the bottom of the sarcophagus, legs pressed together under a fitted tunic, arms by her sides, bobbed hair immaculate, gazing skywards like a sunbathing tourist. This was Nut, the Egyptian...
- L’astro-égyptologie
Canal Academie Thanks very much to Thierry Benderitter for all of the following: Karine Gadré vient d'achever sa thèse de doctorat au Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes - Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, consacrée à l'archéoastronomie...
- Orion Returns To Claim Stake In Night Sky
http://tinyurl.com/7cj8t (Morning News Online, Florence, South Carolina)Astronomy article discussing what is visible in the night sky, with a brief mention of the Giza pyramids in the context of the Orion's Belt constellation: "A string of first and...
- Ancient Egypt In Wakefield Exhibition
http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=1201537 A short article about an exhibition in Wakefield (UK): "An extremely rare Anubis mask depicting the jackal-headed god of mummification is one of the stars of an incredible...
Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Astronomy
Innovations Report (Jiro Kondo)
The constellations we are currently familiar with originate from “Ptolemy’s 48 constellations” compiled from ancient Greek constellations by Claudius Ptolemaeus (from 90 A.D. to about 168 A.D.). He was a Greek astronomer flourishing in Alexandria, Egypt in the second century A. D. Though it is believed these constellations originate from Mesopotamia or ancient Greece, there are still various views on the origin of constellations. Ancient Egypt had its own constellations.
1. Constellations specific to ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptians called the northern stars around the circumpolar star “Ikhemw-sek” (imperishable stars) and the southern stars “Ikhemw-wredj” (unwearying stars). This naming (tireless stars) is probably because the southern stars especially on and about the celestial equator travel a very long distance after they rise above the East horizon before they sink below the West horizon, while the northern stars move counterclockwise around the celestial north pole.
See the above for more.
- Astronomical Interest In The Big Dipper
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) New research on a 2,400 year old star table shows that the Ancient Egyptians kept close tabs on the Big Dipper, monitoring changes in the constellation’s orientation throughout the course of an entire year. The Big Dipper is...
- Into The Tombs Of The Pharaohs
The Telegraph, UK (Sophie Campbell) She was lying on her back at the bottom of the sarcophagus, legs pressed together under a fitted tunic, arms by her sides, bobbed hair immaculate, gazing skywards like a sunbathing tourist. This was Nut, the Egyptian...
- L’astro-égyptologie
Canal Academie Thanks very much to Thierry Benderitter for all of the following: Karine Gadré vient d'achever sa thèse de doctorat au Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes - Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, consacrée à l'archéoastronomie...
- Orion Returns To Claim Stake In Night Sky
http://tinyurl.com/7cj8t (Morning News Online, Florence, South Carolina)Astronomy article discussing what is visible in the night sky, with a brief mention of the Giza pyramids in the context of the Orion's Belt constellation: "A string of first and...
- Ancient Egypt In Wakefield Exhibition
http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=1201537 A short article about an exhibition in Wakefield (UK): "An extremely rare Anubis mask depicting the jackal-headed god of mummification is one of the stars of an incredible...