Happy I͗ḫt Ḥr Ḫꜣwt (Offerings on the Altar), Bluesky! Today is day 5 of da #AncientEgyptian#LunarCalendar or Temple Month. Da stroke under the face (ḥr) sometimes works like an article making da sign above an ideogram, "the face", "a face", but in dis case (ḥr) is a phonogram fur "on". -- Loki💛😸
Happy Prt Sm (The Going Forth of the Sem Priest), Bluesky! Today is day 4 of da #AncientEgyptian#LunarCalendar or Temple Month. Da Sem Priests was da ones who made a 𓅲𓏏𓀾 (twt: likeness, ka statue) capable of housing da soul of da dead wif Da Opening of the Mouth ceremony. -- Loki💛 😸
🧵Happy Mspr (Arrival), Bluesky! Today is day 3 of da #AncientEgyptian#LunarCalendar#Moon is said to be born on Beginning Day, labor might not has been finished until Arrival. 🌒 /1
Howlo, Bluesky! Today is Tp Ꜣbd, day 2 of da #AncientEgyptian#LunarCalendar or "Temple month". Da Temple of Khonsu at Karnak has dis inscription: "He (Khonsu) is conceived on the new moon, born on 1st crescent, and grows old after the full moon." -- Loki💛 😸
Howlo, Bluesky! Today is da #NewMoon🌑#AncientEgyptian#LunarCalendar or "Temple month". Temple months last from new moon to new moon, so da length varies, but dere is 30 pawsible days. Da Moon god Thoth (or later Khonsu) is conceived in da darkness of da new moon. /1
The Antikythera Mechanism, initially dismissed as shipwreck debris, is now celebrated as an ancient analog computer. Recent studies challenge its function, suggesting it measured a lunar, not solar, year. wildhunt.org/2024/08/rece...#archaeology#astronomy#astrology#hellenistic#lunarcalendar
The Antikythera Mechanism, initially dismissed as shipwreck debris, is now celebrated as an ancient analog computer. Recent studies challenge its function, suggesting it measured a lunar, not solar, y...
新年快乐! A tad late but here is this Chinese new Year painting 木龍 (wood dragon). - painted with a traditional calligraphy brush, quill and calligraphy ink #dagomarosart#chinesedragon#chinesenewyear#lunarnewyear#lunarcalendar#chineseink#chinesebrush#wooddragon2024
My new Lunar Calendar for 2024 is now up for sale in my Etsy shop! #MoonCalendar#LunarCalendarwww.etsy.com/listing/1576...