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The legend of Osiris begins with Thoth, who was credited with having introduced all the arts and sciences, including astronomy and hieroglyphs, to the Ancient Egyptians. He was also the spokesman, or messenger, of the gods and the keeper of their records. "Thoth" is actually the Graeco-Roman form of the Egyptian name "Djehuti". Thoth was usually represented as an ibis bird or a baboon; both of which are native to Africa. This is significant because it reflects his ancient African origin. In addition, because he was regarded as the moon god he was sometimes seen represented together with a winged moon. In legend Thoth had played a game of draughts with the moon and won from him a seventy-second part of his light, from which he created an extra five days in the year. Prior to that time there were 360 days in the Ancient Egyptian Calendar.

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So begins the magic and secrets of Thoth. Thoth measured time and space. Thoth provides the missing part to make whole.
This forms the basis of the wedjat eye where the 63/64th sum of the parts is made whole by the magic of Thoth who provides the misssing 1/64th.
The concept of 1/part short was inherent in Egyptian mathematics.
Strokes below the mouth meant 1 part of ie 1/2... 1/15th
strokes attached to the mouth meant 1 part short of ie 2/3 (2 strokes = 2 parts whole) or 3/4 (3 parts whole)
63/64th also makes an appearance with Rhind problems 48-50 concerning squaring the circle for area.

That is all that is required to understand the magic of Thoth.
1. Squaring the circle.
2. The extension to the 360 day year
3. Adding 1 part to make complete.


Part 2 of the secrets of Thoth - extending the year

The Sothic calendar exists due to the fact the Egyptians used 2 calendars with different lengths of the year. [www.egyptologyonline.com]
365.25 and 365 day calendars run concurrently. It is these two periods that form the basis of metrology.
There are two types of day. The stellar day is when the star returns and crosses your meridian or the same point on the horizon. This is the observation of the Star sirius that forms the sothic calendar. The solar day is when the sun crosses the meridian. These two days are out of sink with each other so that the stellar day is 365/366th of the solar day. This is the 1 part less of the magic of Thoth. But it also applies with 366.25/365.25 if you want to use the sothic calendar. So you should follow that we now have 5 year lengths.
1. 360 days
2. 365 solar days
3. 365.25 solar days
4. 366 stellar days
5. 366.25 stellar days


Part 3 of the secrets of Thoth - adding 1 part to complete

Now if the 72nd part needs to be added to 360 to make 365, what do you need to make up the other years ??
1. 360 * (58.6 / 57.6) = 366.25 (1 star year = 365.25 day + 1 day)
2. 360 * (61 / 60) = 366 (1 star year = 365 day + 1 day)
3. 360 * 69.571428 / 68.571428 = 365.25 sothic year
4. 360 * 73 / 72 = 365 basic year

This is where the number 72, 60 and 57.6 comes in.
60 and 57.6 are our passus length in major and minor inches.
57.6 is our radian with Pi as 3.125 and the circle as 360 days.
72 is our fathom and the perimeter of a sqaure with COMMON cubit sides or a circle radius 1 foot of 11.52 major inch.

But we need to add 1 part to these measures to make a complete year. We need to make our passus larger by 1 part.


20.16 inch rods [www.egyptorigins.com]

Section 92, cites a very fine stone standard cut into 7 parts
26.9 scale length * 3/4 = 20.175

Senigalliesi Specimen #4: Turin Museum catalog #6349 - Bronze rod
20.16 scale C as 12-72-360 parts
20.507 rod length


20.44 inch rods

Petrie Item #1 6 parts (part 6 as 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/2)
20.457 scale length
20.463 scale length
20.86 rod length

Senigalliesi Specimen #4: Turin Museum catalog #6349 - Bronze rod
20.448 scale D as 6-24 parts
20.509 rod length


21.00 inch rods

Petrie Item #9 6 parts (part 6 as 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4)
21.046 scale length

Petrie Item #11 6 parts
21.07 scale length

Senigalliesi Specimen #4: Turin Museum catalog #6349 - Bronze rod
20.25 scale B as 27 fingers * 28/27 = 21
20.507 rod length


The 3 scale bronze rod and cubit relationship - Turin Museum catalog #6349

21 (scale B ) * 24/25 = 20.16 (Scale C)
20.16 (Scale C) * 73/72 = 20.44 (Scale D)
20.16 (Scale C) * 365/360 = 20.44 (Scale D)
20.16 (Scale C) * 365.25/360 = 20.453 (Scale D)

20.16 (Scale C) * 61/60 = 20.496 (Rod length)
20.16 (Scale C) * 366/360 = 20.496 (Rod length)
20.16 (Scale C) * 58.6/57.6 = 20.51 (Rod length)
20.16 (Scale C) * 366.25/360 = 20.51 (Rod length)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/05/2006 05:58AM by Mick.