You might find my #Eclipsology hypothesis that the "radial line motif" #petroglyphs carved into Dowth's "Stone of the Seven Suns" are quite accurate depictions of the Sun surrounded by its #corona during a #TotalSolarEclipse to be quite plausible.
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Two years ago today, I was in #VieuxMontreal, across the street from "Our Lady of the Harbour" aka Notre-Dame de Bonsecours chapel, observing the April 8th, 2024, #TotalSolarEclipse.
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#Eclipsology #Astronomy #Astrophotography #MTLmoments #MontrealMoments #TSE2024
A significant percentage of the biomorph #geoglyphs of Peru's #NazcaLines are pictures of birds that were probably inspired by a bird-like pattern that's displayed in the Sun's corona during some #TotalSolarEclipses.
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#DrawaPictureofaBirdDay #Eclipsology
FYI Some ancient pictures of birds & birdmen-birdgods, notably the Egyptian solar falcon god Horus, were inspired by a bird-like pattern that's perceivable in the Sun's corona during some #TotalSolarEclipses. . .
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#DrawaPictureofaBirdDay #Eclipsology
The #NazcaLines aren't unexplainable.
They've been partially explained by multiple archaeologists & other researchers.
The bird #geoglyphs are oriented to the #WinterSolstice.
A bird-like pattern is seen in the Sun's corona during some #TotalSolarEclipses.
#DoTheMath to #DoTheMyth.
#Eclipsology
A stele of Babylonian king Nabonidus found at Ur showing Nabonidus and symbols for the Moon and Sun including a simple winged sun symbol inspired by a birdlike pattern that's perceivable in the Sun's corona during some total solar eclipses
Sequential photo of an annular eclipse
Composite photo of the July 1 1991 total solar eclipse
NASA Eclipse Atlas map of total and annular solar eclipse paths from 560 BCE to 540 BCE
Nabonidus' devotion to the #Babylonian Moon god Sin might have something to do with 1 #TotalSolarEclipse, & 2 #AnnularEclipses occurring above #Mesopotamia during his reign.
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#AnnularEclipse: 559 BCE
#TotalEclipse: 557 BCE
Annular eclipse: 542 BCE
#Eclipsology
British astronomer Edward Walter Maunder discovered one of ancient Egypt's secrets in the 1880s, & I "rediscovered" his discovery that #TotalSolarEclipses inspired #WingedSunSymbols in the mid-1990s.
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#Eclipsology
You may notice a similarity between this depiction of #Medusa, similar #gorgon faces, & the face in the center of the #AztecCalendar. This may not be a coincidence. Medusa & other #gorgons may have been inspired by #TotalSolarEclipses.
#Eclipsology
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FYI There's a "flower" petroglyph at Lake Winnemucca in Nevada that's been dated to between 10-14 millennia old.
So it's 2-6 millennia older than these 8 millennia old flowers.
That "flower" #petroglyph may depict a #TotalSolarEclipse.
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#Eclipsology #Archaeology
One has to be careful about correctly interpreting ancient depictions of flowers, because some "flowers" are actually depictions of the Sun inspired by ancient observations of the flower-like Sun surrounded by its corona during #TotalSolarEclipses.
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#Eclipsology
I agree that ancient people were "just as smart as we are".
That is why part of my #Eclipsology methodology is comparing how modern people describe #eclipses & depict them in art & photos to ancient religious beliefs aka #mythology & ancient art.
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The Year of the Fire Horse 2026 began with a gigantic fiery "horseshoe" appearing in the sky above #Antarctica. . .
#YearOfTheFireHorse #YearOfTheFireHorse2026 #YearOfTheHorse #YearOfTheHorse2026 #PartialSolarEclipse #SolarCrescent #AnnularEclipse #Eclipsology
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Perhaps more to the point. . .
The Year of the Fire Horse 2026 began this morning with a gigantic fiery solar crescent "horseshoe" appearing in the sky above #Antarctica. . .
#YearOfTheFireHorse #YearOfTheFireHorse2026 #YearOfTheHorse #YearOfTheHorse2026 #AnnularEclipse #SolarEclipse #Eclipsology
The Year of the Fire Horse began with a gigantic fiery "horseshoe" appearing in the sky above Antarctica. . .
#YearOfTheFireHorse #YearOfTheFireHorse2026 #YearOfTheHorse #YearOfTheHorse2026 #AnnularEclipse #PartialSolarEclipse #SolarEclipse #Eclipsology
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When I saw this #Zapotec owl iconography I understood it *could* be inspired by the bird-like pattern that's displayed in the Sun's corona during some #TotalSolarEclipses.
Look what I found. . .
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#Eclipsology #TotalSolarEclipse #SunBird #BirdGods #MythicalBirds
When I saw this #Zapotec owl iconography I understood it *could* be inspired by the bird-like pattern that's displayed in the Sun's corona during some #TotalSolarEclipses.
Look what I found. . .
xjubier.free.fr/en/site_page...
#Eclipsology #TotalSolarEclipse #SunBird #BirdGods #MythicalBirds
"Owls represent night and death in the Zapotec belief system." Archaeology magazine Photo of recently discovered Zapotec owl iconography by Luis Gerardo Peña Torres INAH
A composite photo of the July 11, 1991, total solar eclipse created by Miloslav Druxkmuller that clearly shows the bird-like pattern that's displayed in the Sun's corona during some total solar eclipses.
A scientific astronomical illustration of the 1878 total solar eclipse painted by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot showing the bird-like pattern that's displayed in the Sun's corona during some total solar eclipses. Compare the polar plumes to the plumes on the Zapotec owl's head.
A map of the path of totality of the total solar eclipse that occurred above Oaxaca Mexico on August 11, 584, which I believe corresponds to 583 CE. Courtesy of Xavier Jubier.
When I saw this #Zapotec owl iconography I understood it *could* be inspired by the bird-like pattern that's displayed in the Sun's corona during some #TotalSolarEclipses.
Look what I found. . .
xjubier.free.fr/en/site_page...
#Eclipsology #TotalSolarEclipse #SunBird #BirdGods #MythicalBirds
One reason to build a shrine on a mountain would be to have a clear view of the horizon all around, so as to be able to see where the Sun and Moon are rising in the east and setting in the west over the course of not only a year, but 18 years. . .
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#Eclipsology
Xavier Jubier's Solar Eclipses Data Base map of a #TotalSolarEclipse above #Crete on January 9, 1861 BCE:
Xavier Jubier's Solar Eclipses Data Base map of a #TotalSolarEclipse above #Crete on May 15 1859 BCE.
It gets better. . .
Xavier Jubier's #SolarEclipse Data Base maps a #TotalSolarEclipse above #Crete on January 9, 1861 BCE:
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Followed-up by another #TotalEclipse of the Sun just over 2 years later on May 15, 1859 BCE:
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#Eclipsology
This round structure looks like an "as above so below" depiction of the Sun surrounded by its corona during a total solar eclipse.
There was a #TotalSolarEclipse above Crete on May 24, 2929 BCE:
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And July 8, 2708 BCE:
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#Eclipsology
You might find my theory that the #NazcaLines, especially the biomorph geoglyphs, & even more especially the bird #geoglyphs, are a response to observations of the #TotalSolarEclipse "eye of God" above the #Nazca pampa quite plausible.
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#Eclipsology
A composite photo of the July 11, 1991, total solar eclipse by Miloslav Druckmuller reveals a bird-like pattern that is displayed in the Sun's corona during some total solar eclipses. This coronal "Sun Bird" inspired a whole flock of bird gods & mythical birds associated with the Sun, including the Phoenix and the Egyptian "solar falcon god" Horus. #Eclipsology
The God Horus as a Falcon (Mexico, July 11, 1991 CE)
Composite photo by Miloslav Druckmuller
This bird-like pattern displayed in the Sun's corona during some #TotalSolarEclipses inspired a whole flock of other #BirdGods & #MythicalBirds associated with the Sun, including the Phoenix.
#Eclipsology
The four petaled "flowers" in figure 8 are interspersed with rosettes aka rayed sun symbols that are probably inspired by observations of the Sun's corona during total solar eclipses
Thanks for your prompt response Orion.
Some of the drawings of the Tell Halaf art are comparable to the drawing of the cross-like pattern in the Sun's corona.
One of the sherds depicted in the report has rosettes aka #RayedSunSymbols depicted on it.
#SolarSymbolism is thus probable.
#Eclipsology
The flower-like Hawaiian "Cross of the Goddess Marama" on the left is very similar to an astronomical drawing of a (hypothetical) cross-like pattern in the Sun's corona on the right. The Sun's corona usually appears like a gigantic flower in the sky, and it sometimes displays a cross-like aka cruciform pattern that inspired solar cross symbols.
Could you post photos of the two ceramic sherds with polychrome flowers & the other sherds that might have palm fronds or wings depicted on them?
I might be able to clarify.
It's possible that the "flowers" & even the "wings" are #SolarSymbols inspired by #TotalSolarEclipses.
#Eclipsology
A YouTube screenshot of a small flat bottomed carved stone found at Göbekli Tepe that philologist and Assyriologist Irving Finkel hypothesizes is the equivalent of an Egyptian scarab seal with hieroglyphic symbols carved into it. The serpent on the left may represent the ecliptic. The "bird" on the right could also be a "bird foot" symbol.
Irving Finkel is probably correct in interpreting the small flat bottomed carved stone found at Göbekli Tepe as the equivalent of an Egyptian scarab seal with hieroglyphic symbols carved into it.
The serpent may represent the #ecliptic.
The "bird" could also be a "bird foot" symbol.
#Eclipsology
A composite photo of the 1991 total solar eclipse created by Miloslav Druckmueller shows the bird-like pattern in the Sun's corona that I first saw in French astronomer Serge Koutchmy's photo of the same eclipse that was published in the May 1992 issue of National Geographic magazine. When I first saw Serge Koutchmy's photo immediately intuited that this coronal "Sun Bird" was probably the original source of inspiration for the Phoenix myth.
You're welcome Fiona.
When I first saw the bird-like pattern in the Sun's corona in French astronomer Serge Koutchmy's photo of the 1991 #TotalSolarEclipse, I immediately intuited that this coronal "Sun Bird" was probably the original source of inspiration for the #Phoenix myth.
#Eclipsology
The "radial line motifs" aka rayed Sun symbols, or indeed probable "compound sun-eye symbols", carved into Dowth's "Stone of the Seven Suns" are almost identical to some scientific astronomical drawings of total solar eclipses.
Dowth's #StoneOfTheSevenSuns presents circumstantial evidence suggesting ancient people transposed beliefs inspired by #TotalSolarEclipses onto the considerably less awe-inspiring, but annual & easily predictable, "death" & "rebirth" of the Sun during #WinterSolstice sunsets & sunrises. #Eclipsology
My #Eclipsology research finds that #SolarEclipses, especially #TotalSolarEclipses, profoundly influenced #AncientEgyptian religious beliefs & iconography. They are central to #Egyptian beliefs about rebirth after death.
#WingedSunSymbols are inspired by a bird-like pattern displayed in the corona.
This hypothesis is interesting, but #AncientEgyptians experienced #SolarEclipses, inc. #TotalSolarEclipses, centuries earlier.
One cannot properly understand #AncientEgyptian religion without understanding how #eclipses inspired certain religious beliefs aka #mythology & iconography.
#Eclipsology
I asked Google: Are solar eclipses represented in Irish megalithic art?
AI Overview said: Yes, some researchers propose that certain Irish megalithic art, particularly in the Loughcrew complex, represents solar eclipses.
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#Eclipsology #MegalithicArt #YourFutureWithAI
