Take a deep dive into one of the world's best-preserved star maps of the ancient observable sky. The Dendara Zodiac was discovered during Napoleon's late 18th century Egyptian campaign on the pronaos ceiling in the temple of Hathor in Dendara. Dating to approximately 50 BCE, this profoundly important planisphere shows both Mesopotamian and ancient Egyptian sky iconography. The 100+ illustrations in this unique reference book have carefully recreated the original Zodiac of Dendara artwork to reveal several ...
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Take a deep dive into one of the world's best-preserved star maps of the ancient observable sky. The Dendara Zodiac was discovered during Napoleon's late 18th century Egyptian campaign on the pronaos ceiling in the temple of Hathor in Dendara. Dating to approximately 50 BCE, this profoundly important planisphere shows both Mesopotamian and ancient Egyptian sky iconography. The 100+ illustrations in this unique reference book have carefully recreated the original Zodiac of Dendara artwork to reveal several astrological concepts that offer invaluable knowledge to all those interested in ancient astrology. It highlights the five planets known to the Ancient Egyptians, the gods and goddess that depict all five essential dignities, and the straight and crooked signs, as well as examining hints of the Old Kingdom Zodiac that was in use before the Ptolemaic Kingdom. This book contains: Dodecahoros, The Old Kingdom Zodiac The 12 Classical astrological signs Straight and Crooked astrological signs North and South Nodes The Four Elements The Three Modalities The Five Essential Dignities Much more... Essential reading, and reference for all students of Egyptology, ancient astrology, and the celestial arts. Wade Coleman is an author of several non-fiction books on esotericism, magical studies, and Egyptology, including The Cabala of Planetary Magic and Sepher Sapphires Vols. 1 & 2 . He is also the editor of several updated books by notable American occultist, Paul Foster Case. Along with his literary contribution to the Western esoteric tradition, Wade Coleman has penned a number of popular fiction books in the genre of Dystopian and dark urban fantasy.
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Add this copy of The Zodiac of Dendara Egypt: a Picture Book to cart. $59.79, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Wade Coleman.
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