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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Zenith passage of the Moon at Dendera

A tweet by Sarah E. Bond and thread

"December 28, 47 BCE: During the reign of Cleopatra fell the inauguration of the Osiris Chapel in the Hathor Temple of Dendera on a zenithal full moon." In the thread, Rosalind Park @starryEgypt is Replying to @SarahEBond @MuseeLouvre telling that it was not a Full Moon, but New Moon in Pisces therefore another month." Link to Park's publication on Dendera Zodiac.

What is here interesting is the fact that, at Dendera, the Moon as a zenith passage in the sky.

See please the result by mooncalc.org




For the Zenith Passage of the sun and its role in architecture, see please