THE

WALL PAINTING - OVERVIEW

NAQADA    in EGYPT
 Predynastic Hierakonpolis
 

Above: The individual elements of the Painting Enlarged
Marked with the appropriate Stars, Constellations and Astronomical Meanings


Starting at the top left of the Wall Painting, the man with the raised club represents the stellar constellation CRATER - which was the location of the Summer Solstice in ca. 3117 BC according to the Precessional Planisphere of Milton D. Heifetz from Learning Technologies.

The Wall Painting is a sophisticated ancient planisphere, just as the modern precessional one BELOW by Milton D. Heifetz [Precession of the Equinoxes, Historical Planisphere © 1997 by Milton D. Heifetz, 30° N Latitude, is obtainable from Learning Technologies at http://www.starlab.com/. Most of the stars and constellations in the positions set at Naqada are easily identifiable using the Heifetz planisphere.