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Trip to Egypt - Star Goddesses - DONJCH - 19-01-2026
See intro in Voynich Chat, Trip to Egypt
Star Goddesses
Valley of the Kings, KV14, the Tomb of Tausert and Setnacht.
Queen Tausert was the wife of Seti 2, the last king of the 19th Dynasty (~1200BCE) and was interesting for reigning as a Pharaoh in her own right.
That was a dangerous move as it could get you cancelled, as indeed she was by the next King, Setnacht, who took over her tomb.
ANYway. What caught my eye low down in the long, long entrance corridor was a line of female figures with stars above their heads.
Instantly I thought of the VMS Zodiac (Calendar, if we are being pedantic, lol)
In this carving 6 females face right towards the crocodile god Sobek while behind them 6 male figures face left towards the sun god Amoun Ra.
Our guide told us these figures represent the 12 hours of the night but it's more complicated than that. There are a whole set of star gods for each hour
and ofc they vary according to the canon of each place and time so if you want a deep dive look at the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
In some depictions the gods actually hold the stars in their hands but we didn't see any of those.
The idea of star gods/spirits in the VMS goes way back to antiquity. I am not suggesting any direct link of the VMS to ancient Egypt, though it makes me think.
After Alexander, the Ptolomaic Pharaohs took over Egypt and went native so were exposed to all that culture and who knows what was in the library at Alexandria.
Later, the Caesars were all Pharoahs too. Then came the Islamic world and the Crusades. How much Book of Gates made it to 15thC Europe?