The roof is decorated with astronomical scenes, while the pillars are covered with hieroglyphic accounts of temple rituals.
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The ceiling of the temple may be where the greatest riddles are. Reliefs of gods, sacred animals, exotic snakes ... and even a zodiac! Well, when you talk about zodiac in Egyptology, it soon relates to the Temple of Dendera, most famous for having its signs displayed in the Louvre Museum. But the Khnum Temple also has evidence of a zodiacal representation with the signs known to this day by our Western civilization.
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