Holger Isenberg Wrote:
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> In my interpretation the sothic cycle doesn’t
> matter for a practical calendar as the
> synchronization just by observing the heliacal
> Sirius rising was precise enough for many
> centuries due to the astrometric aspects of this
> star’s location, proper motion and the temple’s
> latitude quite far south in the northern
> hemisphere.

That's just it... I don't see any indication that the astronomer-priests waited all night to observe the rising of Sirius. The annual flood was gauged by flood gauges and the calendar had been set at 365 days since the Old Kingdom, as far as I can tell.

Beyond your own belief that the temple indicated something about Sirius, there is no evidence that Sirius has any real significance at Dendera (or at least any more significance than the planet Mars, which is also shown.)

-- Byrd
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