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Ove von Spaeth
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Histore og videnskab:
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The Oldest Egyptian
Star Map * The Senmut Map |
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Ancient Dating Information
Decoded |
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The following is presentation of discovered data in the world's oldest
star map, which is of special importance to Egyptology, ancient
history and astronomy. This has a great influence concerning studies
of chronology and the related culture and science of Egypt's 18th
dynasty and Ancient Near East as well. |
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The new-orientating information concerns
the hitherto 'hidden' data now being revealed by a thorough
examination of the most unique Egyptian celestial depiction - the
world's oldest star map. It is decorating a ceiling in
Senmut (Senenmut), the vizier's
3500-year-old tomb at Thebes (Luxor).
For the first time, the
star map has been decoded, thoroughly, for its content of precise
dating-information.
These results have been
published by Ove von Spaeth in his treatise on "Dating the Oldest Egyptian
Star Map", 2000 (cf. below).
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Summary, Analysis, and Discussion
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A summary
(and a press release) of the actual scientific publication of
these new data and their analysis
- together with the
subsequent discussions of the results (cf. the
FAQ-section) - are here, and on the
next pages, presented at your disposal as information, material for
inter-disciplinary purposes, libraries, data bases, and otherwise.
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Accessibility - and the
Chronology
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The said treatise was published in July-August
2000 in Centaurus International Magazine
of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology,
Vol. 42;3, 2000, pp.159-179.
Centaurus Magazine is published by Blackwell-Munksgaard
International Publishers, Global. Besides the scientific libraries,
the treatise can be retrieved (as No ISSN 0008-8984) by the normal
public databases of scientific articles.
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Survey of the sky in May 1534 BC (Gregorian calendar style,
and the years counted according to normal tradition by historians: without
"year 0"), when the planets were gathered around Sirius. (Any concern
for the accuracy of the calculations? - please study
FAQ: Dating the Oldest Egyptian
Star Map ).
The planets are here
depicted on a straight line, although in reality placed in different
latitudes. However, it does not influence the exactitude of the analysis,
which places the conjunction found on the Senmut star map as pointing at
precisely the calculated time: May 1534 BC.
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Zenith I.C. Project
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"Concerning Ove von Spaeth's momentous, new-orientating treatise on "Dating
the Oldest Egyptian Star Map", published in "Centaurus International
Magazine on The History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology" in 2000
(Vol. 42;3, pp.159-179): it has gained sustained admiration and respect
internationally for its untraditional observations and solving of special
difficult problems of particular importance to Ancient Egyptian astronomy
and the chronology perspectives. - In addition, the actual findings have
subsequently supported the research for an improved historical dating of the
historical times of Moses."
- Hans Baron Anckarstjerna, Historian,
Editor-in-Chief, -
Swedano Journal, &: EuropeHistory
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Apart from the analysis
of the Ancient Egyptian star map some more perspectives of interest have
appeared.
By a totally separate
research - executed by Ove von Spaeth - the results as published in the
"Centaurus International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science,
and Technology" contain further interesting perspectives. The exact
astronomical dating of the Senmut star map presents the improvements (most
needed) of the chronology of its very important period of ancient history.
The fixation of the date
of the specific arrangement of the celestial bodies on the map has also
contributed to the new-orientating research on the historical Moses by Ove
von Spaeth (more information, cf.: "On
History" and "Brief view").
Concerning the
Centaurus-publisher's line of copyright to publish the treatise in question,
this limitation has most kindly been excluded for the benefit of, in other
connexions, presenting the text (the originally separated analysis) as an
addendum to the author's ancient history Moses-research.
With this admission to
its content the treatise was also published as an appendix to Ove von
Spaeth's Vol. 2 of the
book-series on Moses and his era.
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