Byrd Wrote:
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> 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.

There are a few references to Sirius in this thesis - [digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu]

However, the deity whose image is "hidden" is apparently Hathor: see "5.2.5 Hidden of Image" (210, PDF 221).

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