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166 7 The Dates Shown on the Monumental Zodiacs in the Denderah and Esna Temples
So, we’ve managed to verify that the solution satisfies all
the additional information on the Long zodiac, and in result
we determined that this solution is a full (complete) solution.
No other full solution was found for any admissible variant of
decoding of the Long zodiac (see subsection 7.3.2).
CONCLUSION: The Long Denderah zodiac represents the
date April 22-26, 1168 AD.
7.4 Decoding the Date from the
Round Denderah Zodiac
In this section we will calculate the date represented on the
Round Denderah zodiac. Recall, that the Round and Long
zodiacs were discovered in the same temple in Denderah.
In Chapter 1 we presented several pictures of the Round
Denderah zodiac (see Figures 2.4–2.7), but here we will need
a more detailed picture of the central part (the main area of
the zodiac) showing the zodiacal constellations and the horoscope
(see Figure 7.20). This drawing, which was taken from
[10], was made based on the actual photograph of the Round
zodiac. We will implicitly refer to this picture throughout all
the discussion in this section.
In our investigation we have also used a set of photographs
of the original Round Denderah zodiac taken by
Prof. Y.V. Tatarinov in Louvre (France). Comparing the photos
with the drawing on Figure 7.20, led us to a conclusion
that this drawing is very precise in all aspects, including the
exact location and configuration of all the symbols, what is
very important for the correct decoding of the Round zodiac.
Contrary to the Long zodiac, the figures here are not arranged
in processions, but they are organized in two-dimensional formations,
where any small detail may turn out to express some
important astronomical information.
We will again describe the process of dating of the Round
zodiac following several steps (see section 6.7).
Step 1. (See subsection 6.7.1.) Preliminary decoding of the
main horoscope on the Round zodiac and compiling the color
annotated zodiac.
By using the comparative tables (see sections 5.1 and 5.4)
of Egyptian astronomical symbols, we found all the symbols
of constellations and planets in the main horoscope on the
Round zodiac. On the color annotated zodiac, shown on Figure
??, these constellations are marked in red and the planets
in the main horoscope in yellow. Similarly to the Long zodiac,
here again the main problem leading to several variants of decoding,
is the recognition of the Sun and Moon.
7.4.1 Constellations Figures on the Round
Zodiac
The symbols used here to denote the zodiac constellations
are standard and almost identical with the corresponding
symbols on the Long zodiac. Consequently, it is straight forward
to identify all these constellations and our identification
is the same as suggested by Egyptologists 22 , used by N.A.
Morozov 23 , N.S. Kellin and D.V. Denisenko 24 , and T.N.
Fomenko 25 .
Figure 7.22: Diagram showing the general structure of the
Round Denderah zodiac. The zodiacal belt is indicated by red,
elements of partial horoscope are marked in light-blue, and the
elements of the main horoscope in yellow. Notice the demicircle
composed of the partial horoscope symbols only.
On the color-annotated zodiac (see Figure 7.21), we can
see the general composition of the Round zodiac. All the zodiacal
constellations are arranged in a form of a slightly deformed
circle, which represents the zodiacal belt on the sky.
It is surrounded from one side by processions of figures belonging
to the partial horoscopes of the autumn equinox and
summer solstice (marked in light-blue). The figures belonging
to the other two partial horoscopes are located inside the
zodiacal belt.
7.4.2 Planets in the Main Horoscope on the
Round Zodiac
As usual, the planetary figures in the main horoscope are
marked in yellow on the color-annotated zodiac. All the planets
in the main horoscope are represented by figures equipped
22 See [10].
23 See [4], Vol. 6.
24 See [15].
25 See [1].