Holger Isenberg Wrote:
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> Byrd Wrote:
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> > The building was built by Augustus (so AFTER
> > Julius Caesar) and doesn't really reflect any
> > ancient Egyptian knowledge or knowledge of
> Sirius.
>
> That was also a bit confusing, why they were
> hiding that temple behind the larger Hathor one,
> if it really was built later.
> If it was built later: Was the eastern gate about
> 100m away in the temple center line also built
> later?

I don't have any good resources on the Dendera complex. It wasn't a great interest of mine (I'm interested in MK knives.)

> On
> [en.m.wikipedia.org] I
> read how Isis and Sophet (Sirius) are often
> considered identical.

However, what you're maintaining is that Dendera had some sort of secret connection to Sirius and instead of a birthing house to Hathor, it's actually a secret place of worship for Sirius -- at least, that's what I got from your posts so far.

It's very easy to get lost down rabbit holes on the Internet.

* Dendera is a multicultural site composed of Greek and Egyptian *and* Roman cultural references. It's not purely Egyptian
* We have archaeological findings from a number of "mystery schools" and we know what it looks like when a site is repurposed for another religion.
* the angle of the east-west walls seems to point to the rising of Sirius... though it could be many other things, including the alignment of the sun on that date.
* the main axis of the temple is north-south, not east-west.

-- Byrd
Moderator, Hall of Ma'at