Thread: Flint animals, Ibex, (probably Auroch) bull and (probably migratory) birds...Naqada II, 3650-3450 BC, Egypt, currently in Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. From metmuseum.org/art/metpublica… page 48.
Why these animals?
Well Ibex and bull are well known animal calendar markers used throughout Eurasia and North Africa. They mark the beginning of the winter and summer, and in places where the climatic year is divided into dry and wet half, they mark the beginning of dry and wet season too...
I already talked about Ibex as calendar marker in Naqada culture here: Mating of Nubian ibex coincides with the arrival of rain in the Naqada area
What about bull? Well why is Taurus where it is on the zodiac circle? Not because of stars of course. Because the calving season of the wild Eurasian cattle used to start at the beginning of May, in the middle of Taurus... I talked about this here oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2016/05/ram-an…
How is this related to Naqada? This is the Nile river annual flow chart. The water level starts to rise in Taurus...Which is why we have cow goddesses of fertility in Egypt... oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2020/03/holy-c…
The flood peaks at the beginning of August. Which is the time when Aurochs used to start their mating season...Which is why we have veneration of sacred bulls in Egypt... oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2020/04/white-…
More about animal calendar markers found in ancient cultures, start here oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/p/animal-solar… then check the rest of the blog posts I still didn't add to this page, and finally check my twitter threads I still didn't convert to blog post...I am 5 months behind now 🙂🙂🙂🙂
Ah, the birds...Check out the bird migratory seasons up and down the nile in the spring and autumn...Will write about this soon...In relation to Horus...
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