Eridanus
– River of Time
Remains of the long lost temple of Kheny have been
unearthed at Gebel el Silsila, north of Aswan, Egypt's Minister of Antiquities
announced today. Revealing the foundations and blockwork of the temple, the
ruins are one of the few remnants of the settlement of Kheny or Khenu, which is
the ancient Egyptian name — meaning "Rowing Place" — for Gebel
el-Silsila. The site, located on both banks of the Nile between Edfu and Kom
Ombo, was extensively used as a quarry from the New Kingdom until Roman times. "We
know that huge quantities of sandstone for temple building were quarried
there," Lund University archaeologist Maria Nilsson, director of the Gebel
el Silsila Survey Project, told Discovery News. Indeed, virtually all of
Egypt's great temples, including those at Karnak and Luxor, were built with
sandstone from Gebel el Silsila. "Now this finding changes the history of
the site, and it firmly establishes Gebel el Silsila as not only a quarry, but
also a sacred location," she added. May 17
This news
comes to us on the eve of the New Moon of May 18. A chart drawn for the New
Moon at Aswan is shown here. Mercury
[13ge06] that is about to station retrograde is on the Ascendant [13ge43] conjunct
the star psi Eridanus [13ge26]. A
retrograde planet often refers to the past.
Also Eridanus was an ancient celestial river. As a symbol, a river
relates to the creative power of nature and time and everything transitory: the
flux of the world and the irreversible passage of time. Unlike earthly rivers, Eridanus is depicted
flowing upstream symbolizing a return to the past. Archaeological discoveries
are, therefore, quite appropriate under stars of Eridanus.
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