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Sunday, 05 February 2012 06:03

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According to ancient Egyptian mythology, after his death Osiris became the constellation Orion.

Astronomers later found many connections between the Orion constellation and the way ancient Egyptians built the Pyramids. For example, Orion's "belt" of three stars in the middle matches the arrangement of the three Pyramids on the Giza Strip (including the Great Pyramid), a feature also seen in both Chinese and South American pyramids. This idea first entered the public imagination in the 1970's by J.J Hurtak. (3), and was later revived by Graham Hancock.

In ancient Egypt, the rising of the star Sothis (Sirius, the "Dog Star") with the Sun in the summer foretold the annual flooding of the Nile River at the capital, Memphis. Egyptians found that the stars were more accurate over thousands of years than their solar calendar of 365 days. Because the Egyptian calendar did not have leap years, their year cycled through the seasons completely every 365 times 4, or 1460 years. This was known as a "Cycle of Sothis" because Sothis (Sirius) would rise with the Sun on the same day every 1460 years. Actually because of precession of the equinoxes and proper motion of Sirius the period was slightly less, but Egyptians found this cycle of 1460 years.

Although the Egyptians knew of this quarter-day error, they maintained their 365-day calendar for ceremonial reasons. Their year was divided into twelve 30-day months, followed by a five day feast period that was not considered lucky for any work. Over ancient Egypt's history of at least three thousand years, the months completely rotated through the seasons at least twice.

 

 

Source: http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/

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