gentleman-farmer Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) 4500 years ago builders in ancient Egypt structured the foundation of the pyramids of Saqqara with blocks that had thereon a strange hieroglyphic writing. The writing was known to them at the time - but was subsequently lost, and remained so until 1799 when one of Napoleon Bonaparte's legionaries discovered a basalt tablet (now known as the Rosetta Stone) from which Jean Francois Champollion deciphered the ancient text c1821 -22. It followed that the late Dr. R. O. Faulkner (then of the British Museum, London) translated the hieroglyphic writing and published it in English under the title, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts. It is therein that the cosmology and the gods of ancient Egypt are introduced and the iconic emblem of the Eye of Horus is revealed - and like Zeus, Jove, Osiris the King - was a direct reference to Jupiter From the Pyramid Texts (§ 1806) O Osiris the King, the gods have knit together your face for you and Horus has given you his Eye, that you may see with it. Too much of the ancient civilizations has been lost for us to know how they saw Jupiter in such detail - but that they did is now a matter of record The validity of the interpretation relates to the number of points of correlation - by example the likeness of the Eye of Horus icon to the Eye of Jupiter is unmistakable when you take into account the contours of the Eye and the knitted appearance of the storm bands on Jupiter gf Edited July 17, 2010 by gentleman-farmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 ! Moderator Note Moved to speculationshttp://www.scienceforums.net/topic/50767-jupiter-and-the-eye-of-horus/page__pid__554976#entry554976 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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