Could the akhet notion have developed in ancient Greece and to be more exact ancient Thebes?
Wiki on akhet:

“In ancient Egyptian, the place where the sun rises and sets; often translated as "horizon" or "mountain of light". It is included in names like "Akhet Khufu" (Ancient Egyptian name for the Great Pyramid) and Akhetaten. Betrò's book names the hieroglyph: 'Mountain with the Rising Sun', and the hieroglyph is used as an ideogram for "horizon".[1] In ancient Egyptian religion, the Pylon mirrored the hieroglyph for 'horizon' - akhet, which also was associated with recreation and rebirth.”



Autumnal equinox today.

Wiki:

“An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the center of the Sun being in the same plane as the Earth's equator.”

“The equinoxes are also the only times when the terminator is inclined 90° to the Earth's Equator (while at solstices, that inclination reaches its minimum of 66.5°, corresponding to 90° minus Earth's axial tilt).”

The Hellenic city of Thebes was inhabited from the end of the Neolithic age. Zethos and Amphion were said to have inhabited the Neolithic site of Eutresis before founding Thebes. The Ampheion pyramid and the corresponding findings (gold earrings, potsherds etc ) date to about 2600 BC – protoHelladic period.

Below is a Google Earth pic showing the Theban acropolis ruins. The arrow shows the steet and direction where the following photos were taken today.





The Northern part of the Mycenaean acropolis – Kadmeion – according to Google Earth , has the exact same latitude as the tallest peak of mount Zagaras. Here the photo positions are just a bit to the North – Vourdouba steet. In this Google Earth visualization we see the direction from this Kadmeion position to mount Zagaras(West) and to mount Helikon a little to the south. I drew the position where the sun sets.





Here is a Starry Night Pro pic which shows that just when the sun passes over the mountain , the Moon passes the Meridian to the South, a very nice alignment.





In this first photo, the sun is behind the roof, at the same exact azimuth as mount Helikon is in regards to the Mycenaean acropolis. The time is 6:57 pm local time.





Here the sun starts to set behind mount Zagaras. The local time is 7:08 pm.





Finally the sun is not visible. The time is now 7:10 pm.





The sun continues its course behind the mountain and at 7:23 pm local time at azimuth 270.62 degrees and height -0.83 degrees it sets. The azimuth of Zagaras peak is 270 degrees – due West. Although mount Hellikon is 728 feet taller than Zagaras its distance from Thebes is considerably larger so it is barely seen behind the Zagaras landmass.

Is it possible that it is these two mountains that are depicted in the original Akhet hieroglyph?




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/2012 02:45PM by Ogygos.