Le Zodiaque d’Osiris. Le Zodiaque de Dendara au musée du Louvre
2e édition corrigée
By (author) S. Cauville
Paperback (Published)
(September 2015)
ISBN: 9789042931664
Price: $20.00
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The Dendara zodiac has been a precious part of the Louvre collection since its arrival in 1821. This unique piece represents a surprisingly accurate celestial map of the Egyptian sky, including Sirius, Venus, and Canopus for the inauguration of chapel of Osiris.
English summary: The Dendara zodiac has been a precious part of the Louvre collection since its arrival in 1821. This unique piece represents a surprisingly accurate celestial map of the Egyptian sky, including Sirius, Venus, and Canopus for the inauguration of chapel of Osiris. French description: Piece unique du Departement des antiquites egyptiennes du musee du Louvre, le celebre Zodiaque de Dendara fait l’objet de la curiosite de tous depuis que, avec l’accord de Mehemet Ali, il a ete transfere en France en 1821. Insere dans le plafond d’une des chapelles consacrees a la resurrection d’Osiris, il represente une carte du ciel dont la science astronomique moderne nous montre la remarquable justesse: les savants qui ont concu, entre juin et aout 50 av. J.-C., cet extraordinaire temoignage de leurs connaissances situent Sirius, Venus ou Canope aussi precisement que les eclipses de la Lune et du Soleil. La performance est d’autant plus remarquable que cette configuration celeste rarissime (qui ne se reproduit que tous les millenaires et demi) coincide volontairement avec l’inauguration des lieux ou se deroule le mystere meme de la renaissance divine, le 28 decembre 47, lors d’une Pleine Lune zenithale.
- By (author) S. Cauville
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