Ancient Egyptian Postmortem Star Maps

[Nungali]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surprising-new-finds-from-ancient-egyptian-star-charts-slide-show1/

 

slide show; 

 

 

http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow/surprising-new-finds-from-ancient-egyptian-star-charts-slide-show/

 

[Apech]

Excellent link thanks.

 

The Middle Kingdom Coffins had two basic types the Northern and the Southern - the southern had the star maps - what are usually thought of as the decan stars for mapping the hours of the night.  But this is a good insight that the coffin like a boat navigates the night sky.  Some coffins also have the Book of the Two Ways on the base for navigating the underworld.

[Golden Dragon Shining]

Thanks

Edited September 19, 2015 by Sionnach

[thelerner]

For those with kids, there a exceptionally good and Sesame Street that dealt with ancient Egypt.  Very well done presentation of it.