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Dwellers of the Sky: Serpent in the Greco-Roman Zodiac

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Ancient
Archeology
Greek-Roman

Abstract

The Ancient Egyptians were close observers of the heavenly bodies behavior from prehistoric times, which evidenced by the numerous astronomical tools and scenes they left. Throughout the Egyptian history, images of night sky decorated coffins, tombs, temples and some other different kinds of monuments. These images served as a theoretical and visual tribute to the solar cycle and bore strong renewing associations.
This article investigates the function of the serpent within a various collection of ancient Egyptian zodiacs dating back to the Greco-Roman Period, which was readily incorporated into the existing tradition of astronomical iconography. In order to explain the adoption of the serpent, this article examines its role in the astronomical images.
There are no actual evidences for serpent iconography found in ancient astronomical scenes before the Greco-Roman Period, I managed to prove that knowledge of those creatures existed from the earliest time, and pervade the Egyptian symbolism. The details of the serpent picture have sketched and valid for the Greco-Roman Egypt, starting from the Third Century B.C.
 
 
 

DOI

10.21608/jguaa.2015.3176

Keywords

serpent, Zodiac, Astronomy

Authors

First Name

Wael Sayed

Last Name

Soliman

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Affiliation

Lecturer, Tourist Guidance Department, Sinai High Institute for Tourism and Hotels.(Egypt)

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Egypt

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Volume

16

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

543

Issue Date

2015-02-01

Receive Date

2017-05-11

Publish Date

2015-02-01

Page Start

54

Page End

116

Print ISSN

2536-9822

Online ISSN

2536-9830

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JGUAA_Volume 16_Issue 1_Pages 54-116.pdf

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https://jguaa.journals.ekb.eg/article_3176.html

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المقالة الأصلية

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413

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Journal

Publication Title

مجلة الإتحاد العام للآثاريين العرب

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https://jguaa.journals.ekb.eg/

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Dwellers of the Sky: Serpent in the Greco-Roman Zodiac

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22 Jan 2023