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The constellation's brightest member, Alpha Pavonis, is also known as Peacock and appears as a 1.91-magnitude blue-white star, but is actually a spectroscopic binary. Delta Pavonis is a nearby Sun-like star some 19.9 light years distant. Six of the star systems in Pavo have been found to host planets, including HD 181433 with a super-earth, and HD 172555 with evidence of a major interplanetary collision in the past few thousand years.
originally posted by: AquarianTrumpet
Interesting theory..but just a theory.
Why is it that every theory on the Great Pyramid as a star chart never incorporates
the other enigmas of the Great Pyramid such as the Five Step Niche in the Queen's Chamber..
originally posted by: AquarianTrumpet
For what it's worth - it shows the AE could not have built the Great Pyramid
for as we know, they couldn't have known about these astrological equations.
originally posted by: Marduk
originally posted by: Kantzveldt
Then in terms of the form of Crux one might begin to see an interest in the basis for the iconography of Osiris.
originally posted by: Kantzveldt
a reply to: KellyPrettyBear
No easy answer really, that the Pharoah wished to take his place among his ancestors the stars is something of a given in Egyptology and so building a pyramid that ascended into the Heavens as it were a seemingly practical way of going about things, ever looking to the greater beyond i suppose for the Egyptians, but i don't think that a complete answer as the Sumerians associated certain constellations with the origins of life in terms of their association with Enki and his star Fomalhaut and the extension of an axis across the Heavens.
The heqa sceptre (or shepherd's crook) was closely associated with the king and was even used to write the word "ruler" and "rule" in hieroglyphics. It was essentially a long stick with a hooked handle and in later times it was often composed of alternating bands of blue and gold. This sceptre became one of the most famous emblems of kingship. One of the earliest examples was found in a tomb at Abydos (U-547) dated to the Naqada II period of pre-dynastic Egypt. This heqa sceptre was composed of limestone but was in fragments. Another early example (this time complete) made from ivory was found in the largest predynastic tomb in the Abydos cemetery (U-j).
It is thought that the heqa was originally associated with the god Andjety, who was himself considered to be a ruler. When Osiris absorbed Andjety, he also adopted the heqa as one of his emblems.
Andjety is thought to have been a precursor of Osiris. Like Osiris he is depicted holding the crook and flail and has a crown similar to Osiris's Atef crown. King Sneferu of the 4th dynasty, builder of the first true pyramid, is shown wearing the crown of Andjety. In the Pyramid texts the king's power is associated with Andjety.
originally posted by: KellyPrettyBear
a reply to: Rosinitiate
Someday some other species will
discover the ruins of our civilization
and will infer religious theories about
our football stadiums. Of course
they would be right in a sense.
In terms of cultural significance, the Crux, like all constellations, played an important role in the belief system of many cultures. In the ancient mountaintop village of Machu Picchu, a stone engraving exists which depicts the constellation. In addition, in Quechua (the language of the Incas) Crux is known as “Chakana”, which literally means “stair”, and holds deep symbolic value in Incan mysticism (the cross represented the three tiers of the world: the underworld, world of the living, and the heavens).