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- Archaeoastronomy
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Last
Updated 05/01/02: Richard Grosser: [email protected]
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Eclipse
studies taken from the location of Al Minya [28º06'N, 30º45'].
This
modern Egyptian city on the Nile, is located just north of the historic
Akhetaten in Upper Egypt.
- Enriching the study of the Theology of the Sun, known as the "Aten" -
=
Eclipse Studies =
Corrected
for the precession of the Equinoxes
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TIME : B.C. :
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|1364|1363|1359|1357|13551:13552|1352|1345|1338|
- PLACE : Akhetaten (Tell el-Amarna) -
View
of Akhetaten (Tell el-Amarna) excavation site above and from the South-East,
looking
across the flood plain, towards the North-West.
Refer
to the Maps
section for location details.
Plans
of the Temple of the Sun and the Royal Palace at Akhetaten,
note
the Main Axis in both, is located along ESE to WNW.
The
excavation of the Temple of the Sun at Akhetaten (Tell el-Amarna)
with
the surrounding mountain rim, behind to the North East.
When
reviewing the following Amarna astronomical studies
...imagine
that you are standing here.
Taking
a half-turn to the right, to look eastwards in the Northern Hemisphere,
towards
the rising sun above the mountains of Amarna.
Fig.
1 Amarna: Sunrise, post-Eclipse in April, 1364 BC. © 2002
CyBerTek
Fig.
2 Amarna: Sunrise, post-Eclipse in 1363 BC. © 2002 CyBerTek
Fig.
3 Amarna: Sunrise, post-Eclipse in 1359 BC. © 2002 CyBerTek
Fig.
4 Amarna: Morning, Eclipse May 1357 BC. © 2002 CyBerTek
Fig.
5 Amarna: Morning, Eclipse March 1355 BC. [1 of 2] © 2002 CyBerTek
Fig.
6 Amarna: Afternoon, Eclipse October 1355 BC. [2 of 2] ©
2002 CyBerTek
Fig.
7 Amarna: Morning, Eclipse August, 1352 BC. [Progressed]
© 2002 CyBerTek
Fig.
8 Amarna: Morning, Eclipse in September, 1345 BC. © 2002
CyBerTek
Fig.
9 Amarna: Morning, Eclipse in May, 1338 BC. [Progressed]
© 2002 CyBerTek
= CROSS-REFERENCES
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Discussions
from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amarna2
Akhenaton:http://translate.google.com/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/Akhenaton/akhetaton.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.bergerfoundation.ch/Akhenaton/introduction.html
Egyptian
Cosmology: http://eclipse-chasers.com/akhet.html
Layout
of Akhetaten: http://members.tripod.com/~ib205/layout.html
The
Tel Amarna Tablets: http://www.mystae.com/restricted/streams/thera/amarna.html
The
Centre for Archaeoastronomy: http://www.wam.umd.edu/%7Etlaloc/archastro/
Voyager
II from Carina Software: http://www.carinasoft.com/
Amarna2
List Discussions: See Extract
: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amarna2
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