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    Astronomical ceiling decoration in its earliest form can be traced to the Tomb of Senenmut (Theban tomb no. 353), located at the site of Deir el-Bahri...
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    map in Egypt is found as a main part of a decor in the Tomb of Senenmut. The astronomical ceiling in Senenmut’s tomb (TT 353) is divided into two sections...
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    Hermetism. From the tables of stars on the ceiling of the tombs of Rameses VI and Rameses IX it seems that for fixing the hours of the night a man seated...
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  • Askut Aspelta Assessors of Maat Assyrian conquest of Egypt Astarte Astronomical ceiling of Senenmut's Tomb Aswan Asyut Atakhebasken Atef Aten Atenism Athanasius...
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    has a Latin name. In 1922, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) formally accepted the modern list of 88 constellations, and in 1928 adopted official...
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    From the tables of stars on the ceiling of the tombs of Rameses VI and Rameses IX it seems that for fixing the hours of the night a man seated on the ground...
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    Ikhemu-sek (category Groups of Egyptian deities)
    the tomb of Senenmut on the astronomical ceiling. The Ikhemu-sek were also found on the astronomical vaulted ceilings of tombs in the Valley of the Kings...
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    460,000 stars. 15th century BC – The ceiling of the tomb TT71 for the Egyptian architect and minister Senenmut, who served Queen Hatshepsut, is adorned...
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    Archaeoastronomy (category Astronomical sub-disciplines)
    The astronomical ceiling of the tomb of Senenmut (c. 1470 BC) contains the Celestial Diagram depicting circumpolar constellations in the form of discs...
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    attested in several astronomical tomb paintings, including the Theban tombs of Tharwas (tomb 353), Hatshepsut's famed advisor Senenmut (tomb 232), and the pharaoh...
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