The famous Dendera Zodiac, a bas-relief ceiling from the chapel of Osiris at the Dendera temple complex, now housed in the Louvre. This astronomical repres
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The famous Dendera Zodiac, a bas-relief ceiling from the chapel of Osiris at the Dendera temple complex, now housed in the Louvre. This astronomical representation has been the subject of intense debate regarding its dating, with some researchers proposing it records a sky configuration far older than the Ptolemaic era in which the temple was built.
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