Byrd Wrote:
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> ...and of course, I went STRAIGHT to Dr. Who!
I think "chronokrator" is a very impressive title ... (and I think Jon Pertwee was my favourite Dr. Who).

Looking back at the original link, , it's interesting to see what multispectral imaging was able to reveal.

The other material in the blog article is also interesting, especially the reference to:

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... how the heavens and their moving bodies looked 3000 years ago in Babylon, when expert observers divided the sky into twelve segments identified by twelve constellations, the zodiac.

So unlikely, then, that the AE could have been using the Babylonian system 1,500 years or so before it was devised, and could have fathomed out a recognition of precession before Hipparchus.
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images contain[ing] elements that confirm stylistic and cultural influences from outside Egypt, but also strong Egyptian features. Once again, the perfect example is the zodiac: a concept originating from Babylonia, but whose elements are represented with the Egyptian iconographic repertoire.

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