An Old Record Of The Corona By Edward Walter Maunder F.R.A.S. I first became aware of British astronomer Edward Walter Maunder's hypothesis proposing that the winged sun symbols of ancient Egypt and M...

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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I remember reading accounts of 19th century #TotalSolarEclipses in which #astronomers were unsure if the corona belonged to the Sun or Moon.

I also read Edward Walter Maunder's hypothesis that a bird-like pattern in the Sun's corona inspired the #WingedSunSymbols of #AncientEgypt & #Mesopotamia.

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.