Summary

The publication of articles dealing with ancient Egyptian Astronomy within Egyptological journals like the Cahiers Caribeens d'Egyptologie ; my participation as an Astrophysicist in the meetings organized by the American Research Center in Egypt at Tucson, Arizona, in 2004 and at Boston, Massachussets, 2005 ; the mixed composition of my PH.D. examining board, can be seen as many steps towards the forthcoming forming of a team made up of both Astronomers and Egyptologists from the whole world, willing to build together an astro-egyptology related database, willing to study together the astronomical orientation of such monument, the astronomical content of some painting or writing dating from ancient Egypt ; finally, willing to jointly publish the results of their interdisciplinary research work on the World Wide Web as well as within already existing egyptological and astronomical journals.

Author

Karine Gadré, Culture Diff' company-head.
Dates of first publication and successive updates : april 2006
This dossier gave rise to a lecture during the 56th edition of the ARCE meeting, Boston, Massachussets, 2005, to the publication of an article within the 7th and 8th editions of the Cahiers Caribéens d'Egyptologie (march 2005), to the publication of an article within the 3rd Boletin de la Asociacion Andaluza De Egiptologia (september 2005) ; finally, to a poster on the occasion of the international meeting "Origines" (Toulouse, september 2005).

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Further information

(AstroEgypto) Making up of an Astro-Egyptology related database
(AstroEgypto) Astro-Egyptology : a new research area involving both Astronomers and Egyptologists
(AstroEgypto) The astronomical orientation of the pyramids of Egypt
(AstroEgypto) The rising of the Sun in ancient Egypt : a daily recreation
(AstroEgypto) The heliacal rising of Sirius in ancient Egypt : a source of historical dating
(AstroEgypto) The creation of the world : ancient Egyptian myths and scientific reality
(AstroSoftware) Software determining the days of heliacal setting and rising of a star
(AstroSoftware) Software determining the astronomical source of orientation of a monument

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Gadré, Karine, "La création du monde : mythes égyptiens et réalité scientifique", Culture Diff', 2005.
Gadré, Karine, " Astro-Egyptology : a new research area involving both Astronomers and Egyptologists ", ARCE Conference, Tucson, Arizona, 17th April 2004.
Gadré, Karine, " Le lever héliaque de Sirius, source de datation historique ", Cahiers Caribéens d'Egyptologie n°6, 2004.
Gadré, Karine, " Les pyramides d'Egypte : la chronologie de leur édification, leur architecture interne et externe, leur orientation astronomique", Culture Diff', 2003
Gadré, Karine, " Logiciel de détermination de la source astronomique d'orientation de tout édifice ", Culture Diff', 2003.
Gadré, Karine, " Logiciel de détermination de la date de lever héliaque de toute étoile visible à l'oeil nu ", Culture Diff', 2003
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