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[EGYPT 29592] 'Birth of the sun in Hathor Temple at Dendera.' The rising sun is born from the lap of sky goddess Nut in the form a winged scarab beetle on the astronomical ceiling in the outer hypostyle hall of the Hathor Temple at Dendera. The ceiling consists of seven separate strips but here we are looking at the northern end of the lower register of the WESTERNMOST STRIP. The entire strip is enveloped by the outstretched body of the sky goddess Nut but here only her thigh (on the right)…

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