The show, which lasts 60 minutes, consists of two parts:

Part One: The Lost Temple (~ 30 min)

Today, Library of Alexandria. A young archaeologist named Carla undertakes to go on the research work of her father, an Egyptologist, who died recently. She consults her writings, reads numerous ancient and modern books, looking for any clue about a lost temple : the temple of the timekeepers. "Look at the sky, had advised her father. No doubt will you find there the key needed to find the location of this temple which houses the astronomical knowledge of the ancient Egyptians ..." This quest for the lost temple will lead Carla and her friend Hotep on the way to exciting adventures, wonderfully recorded in this film made up with animated graphics on video full vault (360°):

A few of the graphics projected onto the roof of the planetarium
which illustrate the steps of the journey of Carla in the Land of the Two Lands.

Part Two: The planetarium session (~ 30 min)

A major spatio-temporal shift (4000 years and 15 to 20 degrees latitude) differentiates the sky of ancient Egypt from the sky of France today. This shift is an opportunity to address many fundamental astronomical concepts: the phenomenon of precession and nutation in longitude, the proper motion of stars, the measurement of time through the successive (heliacal) risings of stars, etc... By attending this session, you will discover in preview the Egyptian names of bright stars like Sirius or even Rigel, Bellatrix, the Pleiades. You will thus have access to the latest research findings in the field of Egyptian astronomy or Astro-Egyptology.

Events calendar

To be aware about the screening dates for this show on Egyptian astronomy and the planetarium associated session, turn your browser to the website of the Spacecraft (click image below):