engbren Wrote:
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> Hi Mark,
>
> With respect to Step 10, you may find the
> following papers by Joanne Conman of interest. The
> first, published in 2003 proposes to set aside
> Neugebauer and Parker's proposals for a model of
> the Egyptian Decan stars and proposes a new model
> consistent with the descriptions of how the decans
> operate from the Carlsberg Papyrus. The second
> paper builds upon this model to demonstrate the
> planetary hypsomata (or places of exhaltation)
> from astrology were, in large part derived from
> the Egyptian Decans.
> Conman goes on to propose
> "Because of Neugebauer's erroneous theory,
> Neugebauer and Parker failed to recognize the
> decan system's assimilation directly into
> Hellenistic astrology."
> "The Greek astrological signs, first attested in
> the fifth century BCE,7 are twelve 30 degree
> divisions of the 360 degree circle of the ecliptic
> spaced out over a 365.25-day year. The thirty-six
> 10 degree divisions of the ancient Egyptian decan
> zodiac were easily incorporated into the Greek
> zodiac by allocating three decans to each sign."
>
> Joanne Conman, It's about Time: Ancient Egyptian
> Cosmology, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur ,
> 2003, Bd. 31 (2003), pp. 33-71, accessed from
> [www.jstor.org]
> Joanne Conman, The Egyptian Origins of Planetary
> Hypsomata, Discussions in Egyptology 64
> (2006-2009)

She used to post on HoM, and her work has been discussed quite a bit here - [www.maatforum.com]

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