Dendera light

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The Dendera light is a controversial stone relief located in the Hathor temple at the Dendera Temple complex. The image is thought to be, by traditional egytoplogists, of a mythological religious nature. These scholars state that this is a lotus flower, spawning a snake within. Other egytoplogists believe that it is an electric lamp. Engineers have constructed a working model based on the relief and some authors (such as Peter Krassa and Reinhard Habeck) have produced a basic theory of the device's operation .

See also

• Baghdad Battery
• Egyptian mythology

Further reading

• Krassa, P., and R. Habeck, "Das Licht der Pharaonen.". ISBN 3548356575 (Tr. The Light of the Pharaos)

External links

• The Dendera Reliefs (http://www.catchpenny.org/dendera.html), Catchpenny Mysteries.
• Frank Dörnenburg, Electric lights in Egypt? (http://www.doernenburg.alien.de/alternativ/dendera/dend00_e.php). 2004.
• Electricity in ancient times (http://www.ufo.se/ufofiles/english/issue_2/pretech2.html). WUFOC and NÄRKONTAKT.

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