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Podcast: Richard Syrett's Strange Planet
Episode: 1012 The Ancient Egyptian Temple of Time
Description: EPISODE #1012 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEMPLE OF TIMERichard speaks with a software engineer and avid photographer about the sophisticated astronomical knowledge of ancient Egypt and the "Zodiac" of Dendera.Egypt is famous for its pyramids, the Sphinx, the temples at Luxor, and the Valley of the Kings, but 40 miles north of Luxor lies the best-preserved temple complex in all of Egypt: The Temple of Dendera, known for the famous “Zodiac of Dendera” now housed in the Louvre Museum. Within the portico leading into the Hathor temple at Dendera is a little-known outstanding achievement of humanity: an e...