Ancient Egyptian Astronomy
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    • Decans
      • knmt
        • tpy-a knmt
        • knmt
        • sAwy knmt
        • Xry xpd n knmt
      • xAw / DAt, TmAt
        • HAt xAw
        • HAt DAt
        • DAt
        • pHwy xAw
        • pHwy DAt
        • TmAt Hrt
        • tmAt Hrt Xrt
        • TmAt Xrt
      • wSAty bkAty
        • wSAti
        • wSAty bkAty
        • bkAti
      • ipds, sbAw mHw, sSpt, sbSsn
        • ipds
        • sbAw mHw
        • sSpt
        • sbSsn
      • xntt
        • tpy-a xntt
        • xntt Hrt
        • xntt Xrt
        • Tms n xntt
      • qdty, spty, xnwy
        • qdty
        • spty
        • sApti xnwy
        • "xnwy"
        • xnwy
      • wiA, sSmw, sA sSm, knmw
        • Hry-ib wiA
        • "crew"
        • sSmw
        • sA sSm
        • knmw
      • smd, srt
        • tpy-a smd
        • pA sbA waty
        • smd srt
        • smd
        • srt
        • sAwy srt
        • Xry xpd srt
        • smd rsy
        • smd mHty
      • Axwy, bAwy
        • tpy-a Axwy
        • imy-xt Axwy
        • Axwy
        • tpy-a bAwy
        • bAwy
      • xntw, qd, xAw, art
        • xntw Hrw
        • Hry-ib xntw
        • xntw Xrw
        • qd
        • sAwy qd
        • xAw
        • art
        • Xry art
        • xAw 2
      • sAH
        • iwn sAH
        • rmn Hry sAH
        • msDr sAH
        • Ts arq
        • rmn Xry sAH
        • rmn sAH
        • wart Hrt sAH
        • sAH
        • abwt
        • Xrt wart
      • spdt, Stwy, siAtw, sAbw
        • tpy-a spdt
        • spdt
        • imy-xt spd
        • Stwy
        • siAtw
        • pHwy sAbw
        • sAbw
        • HAt sAbw
      • Miscellaneous
        • pHwy Hry
        • nTr DA pt
        • .bn
        • hnhn
        • kAkA
        • nbi wr
        • nsrw
        • nhs
        • nTr wAS
    • Decan Lists
      • T Decan Lists
      • K Decan Lists
      • AR1 Decan Lists
      • AR1 Variant Decan Lists
      • AR2 Decan Lists
      • AR3 Decan Lists
    • Constellations
    • Diagonal Star Tables
      • Ideal diagonal star table
      • T1 - S1C (Coffin 1)
      • T2 - S3C (Coffin 2)
      • T3 - S6C (Coffin 3)
      • T4 - S1Tü (Coffin 4)
      • T5 - S2Chass (Coffin 5)
      • T6 - T3C (Coffin 6)
      • T7 - G1T (Coffin 7)
      • T8 - A1C (Coffin 8)
      • T9 - S1Hil
      • T10 - S16C
      • T11 - S2Hil
      • T12 - S3P (Coffin 9)
      • K0 (Osireion)
      • K1 - S9C (Coffin 10)
      • K2 - S5C (Coffin 11)
      • K3 - S11C (Coffin 12)
      • K4 - S1Tor
      • K5 - X2Y
      • K6 - S23L
      • K7 - S73L
      • K8 - S1Vien
      • K9 - S46X
      • K10 - S2Mal
      • K11
      • X1 - T3L
      • T/K? - S16X
      • T/K? - S10/st12
      • T/K? - Turin Provv. 4084
    • Astronomical Representations
      • AR1 Type
        • Tomb of Senenmut
        • Water clock (Amenhotep III)
        • Ramesseum (Second Hypostyle Hall)
        • Medinet Habu
        • Tomb of Petamenophis
        • Tomb of Karakhamun
        • Tomb of Ibi
        • Tomb of Montuemhet
        • Ceiling Block (Roda)
        • Sarcophagus of a bull
        • Sarcophagus of Ankhhapy
        • Tuna el-Gebel Gallery C (A-31)
        • Tuna el-Gebel Gallery C (C-2)
        • Tuna el-Gebel Gallery C (A-28)
        • Tuna el-Gebel Gallery C (B-2)
        • Water clock (Louvre and Thorvaldsens)
        • Water clock (OI)
        • Water clock (Florence)
        • Coffin of Hornedjitef
      • AR1 Variant Type
        • Tomb of Rameses V/VI (Corridor C)
        • Tomb of Rameses V/VI (Pillared Chamber F, North)
        • Tomb of Rameses VII (Burial Chamber J, North)
        • Tomb of Rameses IX (Corridor C, North)
      • AR2 Type
        • Tomb of Sety I
        • Temple of Sety I at Abydos
        • Ramesseum (Third Hypostyle Hall)
        • Temple of Rameses II at Abydos
        • Tomb of Merenptah
        • Tomb of Tausret/Sethnakht (Burial Chamber J1)
        • Tomb of Tausret/Sethnakht (Burial Chamber J2)
      • AR3 Type
        • Tomb of Rameses V/VI (Corridor B)
        • Tomb of Rameses V/VI (Pillared Chamber F, South)
        • Tomb of Rameses VII (Burial Chamber J, South)
        • Tomb of Rameses IX (Corridor C, South)
        • Sarcophagus of Nakhtnebef
        • Tomb of Petosiris (Chamber 1)
        • Tomb of Petosiris (Chamber 2)
      • Miscellaneous and Unknown
        • Asyut tombs
        • Coffin of Heny
        • Sarcophagus of Merenptah reused by Psusennes
        • Tomb of Amenhotep, usurped by Therwes
        • Ceiling Block (Medinet Habu)
        • Water clock (Nekau II)
        • Coffin of Heter
    • Astronomical Processions
    • Sundials
      • L-Shaped
        • SL Berlin ÄM 19573
        • SL Berlin ÄM 19743
        • SL Berlin ÄM 19744
        • SL BM EA10673
        • SL Louvre N 781
        • SL Osireion
      • Sloping
        • SS Berlin ÄM 22824
        • SS BM EA74841
        • SS EMC JE 41789
        • SS EMC JE 42927
        • SS EMC JE 67342
        • SS Fitz E.GA.4596.1943
        • SS Florence 14501
        • SS Louvre E 11558
        • SS Louvre E 11737
        • SS MMA 12.181.307
        • SS MRAH E.07303
        • SS Paris
        • SS Petrie UC16376
        • SS Qantara
        • SS Turin 7353
        • SS Vatican 55462
      • Semicircular
        • SD Berlin ÄM 20322
        • SD Debod
        • SD Dendera
        • SD Garstang SACE E.8501
        • SD Gezer
        • SD KV
        • SD Louvre E 11738
        • SD MRAH E.07330
        • SD Qertassi
        • SD RMO F 1987/2.2
        • SD SNM 34605
      • Concave
        • SC Basa
        • SC BM 1909,0216.10
        • SC BM 1936,0309.1
        • SC BM EA68475
        • SC BM EA68817
        • SC Fitz GR.100.1906
        • SC BAAM 0235
        • SC GRM 15735
        • SC GRM 17483
        • SC GRM 19810
        • SC NMWarsaw 198850
        • SC Petrie UC36147
        • SC Petrie UC16500
        • SC SNM 34605
      • Miscellaneous
        • SX EMC CG 33401
        • SX MonsClaudianus
        • SX Tuna el-Gebel TG 5248
    • Water Clocks
      • WCO 1 Amenhotep III
      • WCO 2 Nekau II
      • WCO 3 Alexander A
      • WCO 4 Alexander B
      • WCO 5 Alexander C
      • WCO 6 Philip Arrhidaeus
      • WCO 7 Turin and MRAH
      • WCO 8 Moscow
      • WCO 9 Ephesus
      • WCO 10 Ptolemy II A
      • WCO 11 Ptolemy II B
      • WCO 12 Hermitage
      • WCO 13 Hadrian (lost)
      • WCO 14 Florence
      • WCO 15 Serapeum
      • WC? 16 Turin
      • WCO 17 Florence
      • WCO 18 ?Nectanebo
      • WCO 19 Chicago
      • WCO 20 Rome
      • WCO 21 Ptolemy II C
      • WC? 22 London
      • WC? 23 Rome (lost)
      • WCI 1 Edfu
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Ancient Egyptian Astronomy Database

This site is a repository of information about astronomical documents from the pharaonic period of ancient Egypt. Here you can find information about the stars that were named in ancient Egyptian texts and documents, find out where astronomical material was located and when it was written down, and see how the sky was depicted in astronomical tables and diagrams.

In particular, the site aims to provide an up-to-date, accessible, and scholarly companion to the astronomical texts and tables previously described in Neugebauer and Parker's three-volume work Egyptian Astronomical Texts (EAT) published in the 1960s. The site currently contains data on diagonal star tables, corresponding to the first volume of EAT, and astronomical representations, part of the monument list in the third volume. It also contains a complete catalogue of sundials and water clocks from ancient Egypt from the New Kingdom to around AD 350.

Click on "Database" in the menu on the left to access detailed information on sundials, water clocks, stars (decans), decan lists, diagonal star tables, and astronomical representations, or "Reference" to find a bibliography, a glossary of terms used on the site, a list of conventions, and other useful tools.  On the information pages, hover over citations to bring up full details and click on star names and source titles to bring up more details.

 

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Sopdet and Sahu (Sirius and Orion) from an astronomical ceiling in Dendera (photo: Robert Cockcroft).

 

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