February 01, 2010 09:34AM
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GChase Wrote:
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> The 'pattern' I was referring to here is the
> pattern on the tomb ceilings in rows and columns
> which I have perhaps wrongly called 'random' when
> it really should read 'non-specific' stars.
This is why I said "impressionistic" (with a vague nod in the direction of the French Impressionists ... )
> I agree that although the patterns of rows and
> columns on the ceilings were not specific as
> regards individual stars, this does not preclude
> that the AE studied specific stars, asterisms and
> constellations with accuracy, but as yet we have
> no definite depictions of them.
First of all, I have to say that I know very little about the chronology of AE knowledge of astronomy (which I believe I'm right in saying wouldn't have been astronomy as we understand it anyway). However, I think it's safe to say that, even in the OK, the AE were evidently aware of the movements of at least some individual stars, such as Sirius (which, as we know, became associated with the annual Nile flood). It's been argued (Conman, 2003) that, by the Middle Kingdom, there was evidence to show that they had devised a system of 36 10-day decans marked by the risings and settings of individual stars; the earliest evidence for such a system goes back to the First Intermediate Period, so presumably observations of this sort must have begun some time earlier. There have been modern attempts at identifying AE asterisms, constellations, etc., but they're not generally very convincing. And, anyway, the decan system seems to have relied on individual stars, not asterisms. Finally, you mention "accuracy": do you actually mean "accuracy", or do you mean "precision"? (There have been past discussions about the contexts in which these two terms should be employed).
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Don Barone |
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Hermione |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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Pete Clarke |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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Don Barone |
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Hermione |
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Anthony |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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Jammer |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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Anthony |
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Hermione |
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Don Barone |
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Don Barone |
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Pete Clarke |
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Jammer |
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Jammer |
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Anthony |
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GChase |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
January 29, 2010 08:39PM |
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Anthony |
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GChase |
January 30, 2010 01:45PM |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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GChase |
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GChase |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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GChase |
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GChase |
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Hermione |
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Anthony |
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GChase |
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Anthony |
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GChase |
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Anthony |
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GChase |
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Hermione |
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Anthony |
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Anthony |
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Hermione |
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Greg Reeder |
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Hermione |
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Greg Reeder |
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Hermione |
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Greg Reeder |
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Greg Reeder |
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Hermione |
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Anthony |
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Hermione |
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GChase |
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Hermione |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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Anthony |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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Hermione |
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Greg Reeder |
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Morten |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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Anthony |
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GChase |
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Anthony |
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Anthony |
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Hermione |
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Anthony |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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Hermione |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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Anthony |
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Hermione |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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Anthony |
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Jammer |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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GChase |
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Hermione |
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Jammer |
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Anthony |
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GChase |
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Anthony |
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GChase |
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Anthony |
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GChase |
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Anthony |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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GChase |
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Hermione |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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Hermione |
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MJ Thomas 2 |
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Jammer |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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Anthony |
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Anthony |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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Jammer |
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Greg Reeder |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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Greg Reeder |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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Greg Reeder |
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Warwick L Nixon |
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GChase |
January 31, 2010 06:09PM |
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Anthony |
January 31, 2010 06:34PM |
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Hermione |
February 01, 2010 04:52AM |
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GChase |
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Hermione |
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GChase |
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Hermione |
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GChase |
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Anthony |
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Pete Clarke |
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Anthony |
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Byrd |
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Chris Tedder |
February 03, 2010 04:54PM |
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GChase |
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Ogygos |
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GChase |
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