Monday, January 30, 2012

Is the constellation 'Gemini' related to Ancient Egypt in any way?

Ancient Egypt had a very different set of constellations than the set we inherited from the Greeks, who got them from Babylon and ultimately Sumeria. Our Gemini constellation seems to correspond, at least in part with a Lion constellation in Egypt (the name of one of the stars, Mekbudah, is the Arabic for "outstretched paw of a lion", and is also the name of one of the hottest dishes ever created by mankind--be warned if offered it). However, the Dendarah globe, which is our best depiction of the Egyptian sky, cannot easily be matched with the modern constellations because the Egyptians did not indicate most stars on it.Is the constellation 'Gemini' related to Ancient Egypt in any way?this question belongs in history or astrology

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