For Sirius in the context of the Dender Hathor Temple I've created this separate topic now.

The Hathor Temple foundation is based on Sirius. It's just that simple. That means the whole massive building is aligned to Sirius. That also means while we have all those giant Hathor face portraits on the outer columns and throughout the temple, it's scientific alignment was towards Sirius.

To explain it in more detail: The Egyptian New Year Day is defined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, i.e. the first appearance of that star after its yearly pause of hiding below the nightly horizon, which happened shortly before sunrise at the end of July, a few days before the yearly Nile flood. The position at the horizon for that event is about 18° south of true East. That angle is the same as the orientation of the southern temple wall as the whole temple is rotated clockwise by about 18° from true North. That was not random if you compare how precise the Great Pyramid was aligned perfectly to true North without rotation.

That means if someone was standing in that unique open air kiosk on top of the Hathor Temple, which is located in the south western corner, and faces through the entry door, which positions the viewing orientation in parallel to the southern wall, the person would see the rising of Sirius at the New Year perfectly in the center of vision. When viewing it from the temple roof the observer has the advantage to see it a few seconds earlier than other observers on the ground.

Photo of the roof kiosk, named Hathor Kiosk: [de.wikivoyage.org] (bottom of page, "Hathorkiosk auf dem Dach")



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/14/2022 01:28AM by Holger Isenberg.