Jose Maria Barrera

Dendera, Temple of Time

The Celestial Wisdom of Ancient Egypt

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Produktbeschreibung

A full-color exploration of the encoded ceiling at the Temple of Dendera

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 306mm x 242mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1306g
• ISBN-13: 9781644118344
• ISBN-10: 1644118343
• Artikelnr.: 67741779

Autorenporträt

José María Barrera, a software engineer and application architect specializing in data representation and languages, has been fascinated by alchemy and Egyptian culture for more than 20 years. An avid photographer, his work has been exhibited in galleries in Chicago and New York City and sold at Sotheby’s Auctions. Born in Colombia, he holds a master’s degree in computer science. He lives in New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Bob Brier
Acknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Introduction
The Land of Cycles
The Temples of Egypt
The Astronomical Function of the Temples
Measuring Time
Ancient Egyptian Astronomy
The Temple of Hathor at Dendera
Description of the Temple
The Pronaos of the Temple
The Ceiling of the Pronaos
The Central Panel
East Panel I
• The Diurnal Journey of Re
• East Panel I (upper track)
• East Panel I (lower track)
West Panel I
• Fertility and the Moon
• The Waning of the Moon
• The New Moon
• The Waxing of the Moon
• The Eye of Horus
• The Heliopolitan Ennead
• Thoth
• Montu
• Atum
• Tefnut and Shu
• Nut and Geb
• Osiris
• Isis
• Horus, Son of Isis
• Nephthys
• Hathor
• Horus of Edfu
• Tanenet
• Iunit
• West Panel I (days of the lunar month)
• The Full Moon
East Panel II and West Panel II
• The Decans
• East Panel II (upper track)
• East Panel II (upper track, the epagomenal days)
• West Panel II (upper track)
• East Panel II (lower track)
• West Panel II (lower track)
East Panel III and West Panel III
• The Annual Cycle
• East Panel III (upper track)
• West Panel III (upper track)
• Nut, Death, and Rebirth
• Cancer/Khepri
• Gemini
• Taurus
• Aries
• Pisces
• Aquarius
• Capricorn
• Sagittarius
• Scorpius
• Libra
• Virgo
• Leo
• Mercury
• Venus
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• The Big Dipper
• The Solar Eclipse
• Sirius/Sothis
• Orion/Sah
• Satet and Anuket
• East Panel III (lower track)
• West Panel III (lower track)
Epilogue
Appendix A: Egyptian Iconography
Appendix B: Back to Life
Appendix C: The Taken Ceiling
Appendix D: The Description de l’Égypte
Appendix E: French Savants’ Depictions of the Ceiling
Bibliography
Index