Egypt
In the northern tombs in the cliffs at Akhet-Aten stands the Tomb of "the greatest seers of the Aten" Meryre I. The tomb has a unique surviving depiction of the sun with two sets of arcs one below the other, both arcs below the orb and emerging from the arcs are the suns rays.
With no other surviving representation of this in egyptian art its meaning can only be guessed at whether to be taken literally, as a record of an actual event which had occurred during the life of Meryre or a stylistic convention of the Aten which never caught on.
In an article in KMT magazine titled "A rare solar display" Dr. Lenore O. Congdon made a well founded argument that the event depicted in the tomb may actually be solar halos, a rare event caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere. These halos can appear in the same formation and colors as in the image in the tomb.
The author of the article however disagreed with this and is in the belief that the scene represented a solar eclipse or possibly a lunar eclipse.
It is at this place all falls to pieces and the authors cited source of the Nasa web page contradicts him at every date.
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Archaeology Magazine (Raymond Johnson) Little was known about Tutankhamun when his tomb was discovered in 1922. He ruled sometime after the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten--who abandoned the traditional Egyptian pantheon headed by the god Amun in favor of Aten,...
- Lunar Eclipse
Egypt State Information Service The moon will turn an eerie shade of red for people in the Arab world, including Egypt, late today and early tomorrow. According to NASA, the event should also be visible from South America and most of North America on...
- Saturday Trivia
Only one piece of trivia this week. The eclipse at Giza http://tinyurl.com/krrwa (Reuters) "Balancing on his head in the shadow of the ancient pyramids of Giza, a Dutch visitor tries to connect to the spiritual forces he says are swirling around the monuments...
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Egypt
Dating the Amarna period in Egypt: 2
In the northern tombs in the cliffs at Akhet-Aten stands the Tomb of "the greatest seers of the Aten" Meryre I. The tomb has a unique surviving depiction of the sun with two sets of arcs one below the other, both arcs below the orb and emerging from the arcs are the suns rays.
With no other surviving representation of this in egyptian art its meaning can only be guessed at whether to be taken literally, as a record of an actual event which had occurred during the life of Meryre or a stylistic convention of the Aten which never caught on.
In an article in KMT magazine titled "A rare solar display" Dr. Lenore O. Congdon made a well founded argument that the event depicted in the tomb may actually be solar halos, a rare event caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere. These halos can appear in the same formation and colors as in the image in the tomb.
The author of the article however disagreed with this and is in the belief that the scene represented a solar eclipse or possibly a lunar eclipse.
It is at this place all falls to pieces and the authors cited source of the Nasa web page contradicts him at every date.
- Uncovering Of 2nd Solar Boat, Giza
Youm7 (Akram Sami) A delegation from Waseda University has completed its exploratory research along with the Japanese Institute for Restoration Research, and is prepared to lift a stone cover, consisting of 40 panels, on the southern side of Khufu pyramid...
- Warrior Tut
Archaeology Magazine (Raymond Johnson) Little was known about Tutankhamun when his tomb was discovered in 1922. He ruled sometime after the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten--who abandoned the traditional Egyptian pantheon headed by the god Amun in favor of Aten,...
- Lunar Eclipse
Egypt State Information Service The moon will turn an eerie shade of red for people in the Arab world, including Egypt, late today and early tomorrow. According to NASA, the event should also be visible from South America and most of North America on...
- Saturday Trivia
Only one piece of trivia this week. The eclipse at Giza http://tinyurl.com/krrwa (Reuters) "Balancing on his head in the shadow of the ancient pyramids of Giza, a Dutch visitor tries to connect to the spiritual forces he says are swirling around the monuments...
- Age Of Aquarius Man's First Lunar Calendars
Part 3 Age of Aquarius The very first technology that man saw necessary to begin his existence was...