Dendera Zodiac: Sirius the Northern Star


	Dendera Zodiac: Sirius the Northern Star

Moonowler

3-18-2008 8:17 PM

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Sirius, rose on this day before the Sun, welcoming a new day, a new year, and the onset of a "Great Year" of 1,460 years duration-believed to be the inauguration of the Pharonic calendar.

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