Zodiac Of Dendera Papyrus

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This piece is a reproduction for the astrology zodiac of Dendera (louvre museum piece # D38). This reproduction painting is of size is 12"X8" about 20 cm X 30 cm signed with the artisan name and guaranteed to be genuine ancient Egypt papyrus painting. This piece is guaranteed to be exact reproduction for the ceiling of a temple of Hathor and Isis at Dendera Egypt.

A ceiling decorated with an image of the sky This sandstone slab comes from the domain dedicated to the goddesses Hathor and Isis at Dendera. It was part of the ceiling of one of the chapels where the resurrection of Osiris was commemorated, on the roof of the great Temple of Hathor. The vault of heaven is represented by a disc, held up by four women assisted by falcon-headed spirits. Thirty-six spirits or "decans" around the circumference symbolize the 360 days of the Egyptian year. The constellations shown inside the circle include the signs of the zodiac, most of which are represented almost as they are today. Aries, Taurus, Scorpio, and Capricorn, for example, are easily recognizable, whereas others correspond to a more Egyptian iconography: Aquarius is represented as Hapy, the god of the Nile flood, pouring water from two vases. The constellations of the northern sky, featured in the center, include the Great Bear (Ursa Major) in the form of a bull's foreleg. A hippopotamus goddess, opposite Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, represents the constellation of the Dragon.

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