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Turtle, the Mysterious of the Sky

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Abstract

Turtle was not a sacred animal to the Egyptians, but it occupied an important part of the scenery art in Ancient Egypt. It dwelled the sky by the Early New Kingdom, and acquired a traditional shape represent the animal form itself and forms widespread renovations in the Late and Greco-Roman Periods. This study identifies the specific source for the turtle figures on some distinctive astronomical scenes, shown a complete relation with the depictions of such animal and its consequence in these kinds of scenes; while the best examples of turtle figures have been found on the ceiling of the temples, tombs, inner side of some sarcophagi's lids, galleries, water clock and others. It occupied an important part on the ancient Egyptian astronomical scenes, as a constellation and then one of the 36 decans, and always shown in its natural figurine, without any mythological features (wings, human bodies, other animal bodies, etc.) like many other animals-creatures.

DOI

10.21608/ijhth.2020.196600

Keywords

turtle, Decan, Constellation, Nut, Zodiac

Authors

First Name

Wael

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

Sayed

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orioneg@hotmail.com

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Volume

14

Article Issue

2

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19087

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2021-09-28

Publish Date

2020-12-01

Page Start

143

Page End

161

Print ISSN

2636-4131

Online ISSN

2636-414X

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IJHTH_Volume 14_Issue 2_Pages 143-161.pdf

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806

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Publication Title

International Journal of Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality

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https://ijhth.journals.ekb.eg/

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Turtle, the Mysterious of the Sky

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22 Jan 2023