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Zodiac of Denderah

This relief and painting was located on the ceiling of one of the temple buildings at Denderah. The
images represent the constellations of the heavens. These images, and the beings they represent, have
been worshiped from the time men first began to multiply upon the earth. The Egyptians represented
the heavens as a circle, for it would be left to the Romans to perfect the construction of arches and
domes. Under the Romans the circle of the heavens began to be represented as the vault of the
heavens. Domes were constructed atop temples to signify the worship of the heavenly host. One of
the most famous, and certainly the best preserved example of such a building, is the Pantheon
constructed in the city of Rome during the reign of Augustus Caesar (27 B.C. - 14 A.D). The
Pantheon burned on two occasions and was rebuilt. The current structure is dated to approximately
126 A.D. when the Emperor Hadrian had it rebuilt.

Pantheon (Rome)

Numerous historians assert that the shape of the Pantheon’s dome was designed as a representation
of the heavens. This conclusion is supported by the fact that the word Pantheon means “All Gods,”
from “pan” meaning “all,” and “theon” meaning “gods.” There was also a large amount of statuary
in the vicinity of the Pantheon representing the various gods of Rome.

At the peak of the Pantheon’s dome is a round hole which allows the light of the Sun to stream into
this pagan temple. The hole is called an oculus. The Latin word oculus means “eye.” Symbolically,
this eye serves to allow the entrance of the light of the Sun, bringing illumination even as the human
eye lets in light. In the Bible, the human body is compared to a temple in which God dwells.