Ritva Kurittu Wrote:
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> Really? Then why, even on the piccie Greg posted
> the sun was pictured in the highest point of the
> image with wings?
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Reverence to the divinity, not reference to his altitude.
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> > That makes no sense to me. Sorry.
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> > Being "of the horizons" probably should not
> be
> > interpreted as "being in the place in the
> sky
> > farthest away from any horizon"... which is
> what
> > the midday sun would be.
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> Where exactly did I write the Horakhty should be
> only the midday sun? I wrote "midday or anywhere
> between the rising and setting". This said, I find
> it illogical to exclude the midday point when
> talking about the sun between the two horizons.
You did not say it translated as "between the two horizons", you said "of the two horizons". That puts the emphasis on the horizons, not on the space between them.
> Moreover, "akhety" is referring to two horizons or
> a pair of horizons (the famous "y"). I see this as
> meaning between the horizing of rising and that of
> setting.
As I said, I'm not sure that makes sense.
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> > The horizons are clearly the place of most
> > significance in AE cosmography.
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> Really? Does "Unas shall circumnavigate the sky
> like Ra, Unas shall course the sky like Thoth"
> ring a bell?
Yup. Crossing the sky from horizon to horizon.
Not sure how that means anything else.
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> I think the idea
> > that the sun is portrayed as it is seen on
> the
> > horizon is just another important piece of
> > evidence adding to that assessment.
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> And I think, that if you made an effort youd find
> as many perfectly round representations of the sun
> as the slightly squat" ones.
Are you suggesting they were made out of carelessness? And at what date are we talking?
> I think you are
> clutching to straws to find evidence of the AEs
> not knowing a circle.
I never claimed such a ludicrous thing.
If you want to debate with me, then debate with what I've actually said, not what you might wish I had said.
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.