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2. Egyptian astronomy - Wikipedia

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   The Egyptian pyramids were carefully aligned towards the pole star, [citation needed] and the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak was aligned on the rising of the midwinter Sun. [citation needed] Astronomy played a considerable part in fixing the dates of religious festivals and determining the hours of night, and temple astrologers were especially ...

3. List of Egyptian hieroglyphs - Wikipedia

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   The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard.

4. Decan - Wikipedia

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   'Diagonal star table' from the late 11th Dynasty coffin lid; found at Asyut, Egypt. Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim. The decans (/ ˈ d ɛ k ən z /; Egyptian bꜣktw or baktiu, "[those] connected with work" [1]) are 36 groups of stars (small constellations) used in the ancient Egyptian astronomy to conveniently divide the 360 degree ecliptic into 36 parts of 10 degrees each, both for ...

5. Ikhemu-sek - Wikipedia

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   The Ikhemu-sek (middle) depicted on the astronomical ceiling in the tomb of Senenmut . The Ikhemu-sek (Ancient Egyptian: j.ḫmw-sk – literally "the ones not knowing destruction" [1] also known as the Imperishable ones) were a group of ancient Egyptian minor deities who were the personifications of the northern constellations.

6. Egyptian calendar - Wikipedia

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   The Nile flood at Cairo c. 1830.. Current understanding of the earliest development of the Egyptian calendar remains speculative. A tablet from the reign of the First Dynasty pharaoh Djer (c. 3000 BC) was once thought to indicate that the Egyptians had already established a link between the heliacal rising of Sirius (Ancient Egyptian: Spdt or Sopdet, "Triangle"; Ancient Greek: Σῶθις ...

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   25 Free Printable Easter Coloring Pages 1. Painting Bunny Coloring Page. iStock. 2. Color Your Own Easter Eggs Coloring Page ... Dot-to-Dot Coloring Page. iStock. 8. Happy Easter Basket Coloring ...

8. Nut (goddess) - Wikipedia

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   Nut / ˈ n ʊ t / [2] (Ancient Egyptian: Nwt, Coptic: Ⲛⲉ [citation needed]), also known by various other transcriptions, is the goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the universe in the ancient Egyptian religion. [3] She was seen as a star-covered nude woman arching over the Earth, [4] or as a cow. She was depicted ...

9. Gardiner's sign list - Wikipedia

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   Gardiner's sign list is a list of common Egyptian hieroglyphs compiled by Sir Alan Gardiner. It is considered a standard reference in the study of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Gardiner lists only the common forms of Egyptian hieroglyphs, but he includes extensive subcategories, and also both vertical and horizontal forms for many hieroglyphs.