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ANCIENT EGYPT

A journey into ancient Egypt with slides of the major sites, statues, paintings and wall carvings. 
The importance of the Nile, the formation of the World's first unified state and the everyday life of the ordinary people.
Pharaohs and Gods, the story of Osiris, the origin of mummification  and other sky myths.
The Egyptian night sky is shown with the stars as they would have appeared 4500 years ago, including the circumpolar stars variously known to the Egyptians as the Oarsmen of Ra ,the Indestructibles, the Immortals. The Great Pyramid is aligned to this area of the sky.
The outlines of the major Egyptian constellation figures such as: Khnum, Isis, The Jackal of Set, Horus, The Sphinx, The Solar Scarab and many others are shown.

 

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