Harkhebi
Sign in to savethumb | right | alt=Sarcophagus of Harkhebi Dynasty (664-525 BCE) | Sarcophagus of Harkhebi Dynasty (664-525 BCE) Harkhebi (ca. 300 BC) was an astronomer who lived in Ptolemaic Egypt during the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He was known as the priest of Selket (the stargazer). He specialized in the treatment of snake bites and scorpion stings. He also kept record of day and night, tracking the rising and setting of the sun. This is how it was deduced in 1872 that he was present in the temple of Illahun.
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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Egypt
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- astrologer
- Languages spoken
- Egyptian Arabic
- Native language
- Egyptian Arabic
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- time period
- Ancient Egypt
- date of birth
- 0301-01-01
- date of death
- 0201-01-01
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thumb | right | alt=Sarcophagus of Harkhebi Dynasty (664-525 BCE) | Sarcophagus of Harkhebi Dynasty (664-525 BCE) Harkhebi (ca. 300 BC) was an astronomer who lived in Ptolemaic Egypt during the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He was known as the priest of Selket (the stargazer). He specialized in the treatment of snake bites and scorpion stings. He also kept record of day and night, tracking the rising and setting of the sun. This is how it was deduced in 1872 that he was present in the temple of Illahun.
He may have based many of his observations on earlier Babylonian contributions to astronomy. A funereal statue associated with him is known with an inscription in which he describes himself as an expert on observing stars. . He referred to the planets as "the gods who foretell the future" and claimed to know everything Sirius predicted, but apparently did not write personal horoscopes.
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