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Civilized explanation since the gods 450,000 years ago migration to Earth. *The prior account speaks of two lines of zodiacal priesthood--one Elilite and one Enki;ite and two central scientific academies, one in Enlil's Nippur and the other in Enki's Eridu. Both competing and cooperating, no doubt, as the two half brothers themselves were, they appear to have acquired their specialties. This conclusion, supported by later writings and events, is reflected in the fact that we find the leading Anunnaki having each their talents specialty, and specific assignments. *As we continue to examine these specialties and assignments, we will find that the close relationship of temple-astronomy-calendar was also expressed in the fact that several deities, in Suumer as in Egypt, combined these specialities in their atributes. *And since the ziggurats and temples served as observatories--to determine the passage of both Earthly and Celestial Times--the deities with the astronomical knowledge were also the ones with the knowledge of orienting and designing the temples and their layouts.
"Say, if thou knowest science : Who hath measured the Earth, that it be known? Who hath stretched a cord upon it? " So was Job asked when called upon to admit that god, not man, was the ultimate Keeper of Secrets. In the scene of the introduction of the king-priest to Shamash (Fig. 54). the purpose or essence of the occurrence is indicated by two Divine Cordholders. The two cords they stretch to a ray-emitting planet from an angle, suggesting measurement not so much of distance as of orientation. An Egyptian depiction of a similar motif, a scene painted on the Papyrus of Queen Nejmet, shows how two cordholders measured an angle based on the called "RedEye of Horus(Fig. 70). The goddess called Seshetain Egypt, was also goddess of the Zodiac Calendar