Nubian Princess Amenirdis I in Medinet Habu & Seshat

In Amenirdis's funerary chapel there are inscriptions of the performance of the stretching of the cord ceremony, a ritualization of the science of the astronomical building principles passed down by Seshat. 

Also, of this time period we see the swaztica symbol which has roots in African architecture teachings. I will discuss more about this symbol and the Egyptian building trade in other blogs. For now just know a connection exist as exemplified in this ancient drawing.

Funerary Stela of Meteye

This Stela dates back to the 2nd to 3rd Centuries. It is has a reddish-white undercoat. It comes from Grave 275, Karanog. The stela is located in Cairo, Egyptian Museum JE40229.

The couple Meteye and Abakharta stand under the inner wings of the sun disk. Meteye wares her hair with a topknot and cornrows. This man may be either Meteye's husband or father. (I am uncertain because the words ab-a can be interpreted as `[her] father'.

If this is the correct reading aba Kharta would mean `her father Kharta'.)The grave was excavated by Woolley-Randall- MacIver at Karanog.

The skeleton in the grave was of a woman. The pointed breast on the figure indicate that she was a young women. Standing side by side suggest that this man was her husband. Since the grave contained only one skeleton we can imagine that Abakharta was depicted on this stela to show his devotion to his wife.There are three sets of inscription on this stela.

There are inscriptions in front of Meteye and Abakharta, and an inscription between the legs of Abakharta.Reading from right to left beginning with the inscription between the legs of Abakharta, then the inscription before Abakharta and finally the one in front of Meteye we have the following:Inscription between Abakharta's legs.

P .. š ….o …."Pray for the patron to commence……"

Inscription in front of the man:

Wosi .. ne. Sore… yi-ne. Abkharta… ke ….lo …..wi-ne... a…kh…m…še.."

Translation

Isis the Good. Osiris the eternal. Abakharta gives permission (for) the offering of this Object of Respect (Meteye) to acquire greatness (and) protection."

Inscription in front of the woman:

Woš..i-ne…šore.. yi-ne..Meteye… qo …wi…ato ….mh…ene… š.. o-a….tene

Translation

"Isis the good. Osiris the eternal. Meteye , renew (her) honor down the path (to) abundant alms giving. The patron [Meteye] has commenced the Rebirth".

GRAMMER AND GROMA: THE SURVEYORS CROSS

Grammer, writing, education, Seshat.... The plot thickens. Litterally. The "gromatic writers" were technical writers who codified their techniques of surveying. The groma, was the surveyors cross.





finitores mentioned in the early writers,[2][3] who in the later periods were called mensores and agrimensores. The business of a finitor could only be done by a free man, and the honorable nature of his office is indicated by the rule that there was no bargain for his services, but he received his pay in the form of a gift. These finitores appear also to have acted as judices, under the name of arbitri (sing. arbiter), in those disputes about boundaries which were purely of a technical, not a legal, character. The first professional surveyor mentioned is Lucius Decidius Saxa, who was employed by Mark Antony in the measurement of camps


Rider with birds and a winged figure, perhaps Nike (Victory). Lakonian black-figured kylix, ca. 550–530 BC.


An auspice is one who divines through the study of birds and its movements. In Greece the practice was familiar to the king of Alasia in Cyprus who has need of an 'eagle diviner' to be sent from Egypt.

According to unanimous testimony from ancient sources the use of auspices as a means to decipher the will of the Gods was more ancient than Rome itself. The use of the word is usually associated with Latins as well as the earliest Roman citizens.

The 7 Pointed Star of Seshat Is The 1st Gnomon

Currently I am reading a book on the symbol of seshat that correlates its look and style of the look, style, and function of the vertical gnomon. It has been said that the closer one gets to truth the more applicable it is to many situations. Wiki defines a gnomon as:

A gnomon [ˈnoʊmɒn] NO-mon, from Greek γνώμων, gnōmōn, literally "one that knows or examines",[1][2] is the part of a sundial that casts the shadow.

The term has come to be used for a variety of purposes in mathematics and other fields.

Anaximander (610–546 BC) is credited with introducing this Babylonian instrument to the Greeks.[3]
Oenopides used the phrase drawn gnomon-wise to describe a line drawn perpendicular to another.[4]
Later, the term was used for an L-shaped instrument like a steel square used to draw right angles.
This shape may explain its use to describe a shape formed by cutting a smaller square from a larger one.
Euclid extended the term to the plane figure formed by removing a similar parallelogram from a corner of a larger parallelogram.
A three dimensional gnomon is commonly used in CAD and computer graphics as an aid to positioning objects in the virtual world. By convention, the X axis direction is colored red, the Y axis green and the Z axis blue.
Hero defined a gnomon as that which, added to an entity (number or shape), makes a new entity similar to the starting entity.
In this sense Theon of Smyrna used it to describe a number which added to a polygonal number produces the next one of the same type.
The most common use in this sense is an odd integer especially when seen as a figurate number between square numbers.
NASA astronauts used a gnomon as a photographic tool to indicate local vertical and to display a color chart when they were working on the Moon's surface.



The cantilever spar of this cable-stay bridge, the Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay in Redding, California, forms the gnomon of a large garden sundial



Gnomon situated on the wall of a building facing Tiradentes Square, Curitiba

The Chinese also used the gnomon, mentioned in the 2nd century Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art as being used much earlier by the Duke of Zhou (11th century BC).

In the northern hemisphere, the shadow-casting edge is normally oriented so that it points north and is parallel to the rotation axis of the Earth. That is, it is inclined to the horizontal at an angle that equals the latitude of the sundial's location. At present, such a gnomon should thus point almost precisely at Polaris, as this is within a degree of the North celestial pole.

On some sundials, the gnomon is vertical. These were usually used in former times for observing the altitude of the Sun, especially when on the meridian. The style is the part of the gnomon that casts the shadow. This can change as the sun moves. For example, the upper west edge of the gnomon might be the style in the morning and the upper east edge might be the style in the afternoon.

Gazalé, Midhat J. Gnomons, from Pharaohs to Fractals, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1999. ISBN 0-691-00514-1.
Heath, Thomas Little (1981), A History of Greek Mathematics, Dover publications, ISBN 9780486240732 (first published 1921).
Laertius, Diogenes, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, trans. C.D. Yonge. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853.

The important thing here historically for Africa is this women's symbol of Seshat being correlated to the shadows cast by the vertical gnomon, which is the foundation of architecture and surveying still used today. It is always exciting to explore early history and find connections with modern technology. As the saying goes in aegypt, there is nothing new under the Sun.

Celtic Cross and early Kmt Astronomical Tools: Seshat's Glyph in Europe

Corn Mother- Tracing the Pyramid Builders Through Agriculture

Corn was found in Egypt in the pyramids. Today, I was watching a video of Cahokia mounds that mentioned a Corn Mother. It made me think of the Media myth, which I believe has roots in Kmt and is a story of a an educated women who knows how to cultivate taken from Africa because of her knowledge to produce food and medicine. So I figured if a corn mother figurine with a similar story was found at a mound site, along with corn, maybe there is a connected between corn and Egypt. I had noticed corn in heiroglyphs before, the House of bread, Denderah. I had researched before to no avail the origin of corn in Egypt. So I put it aside. Until tonight. I came across this book by Gunnar Thompson called Ancient Egyptian Maize. 

I will come back to this topic at a later date. But I thought it noteworthy to post about corn mother as another feminine figure that follows the development of pyramid structures in cultures outside of Denderah. It is my belief that through tracing not only DNA, but the foods that people eat and the plants cultivated. We can gain a better understanding of the people who inhabited ancient civilizations.
Corn Mother

Breath of Life, Ankh

The dynastic Egyptian belief was that unless one of the chief gods or goddesses held the cross-like ankh to your nostrils you could not breathe in the breath of life, and could not therefore truly live.

Take Me As Your Bride Dear Student & I Will Educate You

Divine Wisdom

Solomon, Imhotep, Thoth, Hermes, Djehuti, Jesus

Horus my child, remember my horns, as your lamb.

Time, astronomy, NTR, thought.
Receive my teachings.
See my light
Suck of my milk
Wish upon my star
Build with me
Lay the foundations with my rope
The leaves of my tree are for your expressions
Mother, Wife, Sister, Child.....there are many angles to learn from me
3 + 4=7 then its the 11th HR, dear child HoRus
Hurry, before the midnight hour. Call for me, and I will hear you.
There is much work to be done, much to be learned, so much to teach, for you to share.

Lady Wisdom, She Who is Wisdom,
Ssh

Theresa Kennedy

Seshat

Sothis

Temple Edfu

Abbasid Solomon's Seal
Star of David
Caliph in Baghdad from 1226 to 1242

Secrets in Plain Sight (3 hour movie)

This documentary was sent to me this morning. I wanted to share is as a marker for myself to come back to and to inform others. The Masons involvement in divine architecture as it relates to its connection to KMT is definitely a topic that needs more open discussion. This morning I was thinking of Eugene Lewis and felt an almost weeping inside. A question of why? I hope that through inquisitive inquiry we can all gain a better understanding of 7 or Seshat and the teachings from Ancient Africa that are hidden in plain sight. This video mentions Isis but not Seshat. This makes me wonder the connection between Seshat and Isis other than the obvious. This is Sirius.

My Favorate Color, The Grand Lodge, & Haint Blue

Yesterday, I went to the City Cemetery to meet up with a docent to discuss an upcoming tour. All I could see was more obelisk, more sarcophagus, more masonic symbols, symbolic birds, and Strickland. It just had me thinking how at each point everyone says they exist for only aesthetics and was trendy for the time period, but of no spiritual significance because they were all Christians. Then the symbols. The masonic symbols. So crystallized in my mind was, "how could this be so consistent, yet hold no meaning?"

Today, I visited with the Master Historian of the Grand Lodge at 100 7th Ave North (with no admitted intention given to the address chosen). He didn't say much details about history but he did give me their dictionary to peruse. To preface what I am about to say about what I found in the books he handed me I need to note a conversation prior to entering the library with the head of the Scottish Rite. I was shown an apron, a picture, and various other items in the office that had a light blue color around the fringe. On a previous visit to the lodge I noticed the color blue on the walls and asked the guide about it, who told me "it was just the color of choice and had no significance". Well, this time I was told that color was also the color of the mason's symbolic lodge. I asked why, I was told to "ask the historian". I asked the historian and he said he didn't know. I thought wow. How could the building be blue, the apron, the person on the wall, the carpet, the symbolic lodge...all blue, and the master historian not have a clue as to why? Does he really not see what is around him or was he playing possum?  I shrugged it off as a secret I would not get out of him. Then he shared with me the books, which spoke volumes. I will share with you what popped out at me right away and how it relates to Seshat. My mind began to focus in on what I was about to see when he asked me if I knew the builders of the Union Station, which has a statue of Hermes (of relationship to Seshat in Greece) on top, built by Foster Creighton. I said no, why? He stated, because most builders were masons.

So I began to delve into the masonic books after first being turned by the librarian to the definition of the color blue. The other topics I stopped on were Stone of Foundation, Scribe, Scriptures, Seven, Seven Stars, Three, Sovereign Gran Inspector-General (the two birds), Sun, Moon, and Stars, and Blue. Blue happens to be the color of masonry.  Check out my previous blogs about the color blue. For instance, the one in which I mention the blue pearl among the Buddhist being a connection to the higher soul. Or, the blog about West Africa and the diaspora's connection of blue with a female ocean goddess, or the blog about the Black Madonna song that mentions "Queen of Heaven, the seraphim down. Give us a blue inside your coat, Dawn, crowned with stars..I touched the Virgin, her skin glistened black, Mother of God." Each culture referencing a female, wisdom, a star symbol, and the color blue in the same myth. This trip to the lodge revealed much of the same, yet no mention of the nameless female scribe herself.

The Masonic dictionary states several things of the color blue. It is "emphatically the color of Masonry...it is the color of the vault of heaven...It is therefore the only color, except white, which should be used in a Master's Lodge. Decorations of any other color would be highly inappropriate" (p108).

It notes that among the Jews blue, tekelet (perfection) is symbolically represented among the following:

• The robe of the high priest ephod
• the ribbon for his breastplate
• the plate of the miter were to be blue
• the people were directed to wear a ribbon of this color above the fringe of their garments
• the color of one of the veils of the tabernacle

Among the Druids

• Blue was the symbol of truth
• initiation into the sacred rites of druidism wore a robe of white, blue, and green

Among the Egyptians

• sacred color
• hair of the gods
• the body of Amun painted in light blue
• (I will discuss more later not found in the dictionary)

Among the Babylonians

• Jeremiah states idols were clothed in blue

Among the Chinese

• blue was the symbol of "the Deity"
• male and female
• active and passive principles

Among the Hindus

• Vishnu was celestial blue
• Wisdom emanating from God was to be symbolized by this color

Among the medieval Christians

• Symbol of immortality
• She color of the celebrated dome, azure..stated in Symbolic Colors by Weale
• Divine language and symbol of eternal truth

Among the Masons

• First 3 degrees of the Ancient Craft Masonry
• Scottish Rite: various significance. In 19th degree it is the predominate color-mildness, fidelity, gentleness
• Grand Master- blue and yellow refers to Jehovah appearing to Moses on Mount Sinai in clouds of azure and gold
• 24th degree in Scottish Rite: Tunic and apron is blue. Refers to the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 
• Blue Blanket- "The Banner of the Holy Ghost" at the alter of St Eloi
• Blue Degrees- The first three degrees of Freemasonry
• Blue Lodge- A Symbolic Lodge

Not in the book yet interesting to note, several languages, including Japanese, Thai, Korean, and Lakota Sioux, use the same word to describe blue and green. For example, in Vietnamese the colour of both tree leaves and the sky is xanh. Also, in ancient Egypt lapis lazuli, well the history is so vast google it. The cloth mummies were wrapped in was dipped in blue die. Blue was associated with the sky and divinity. Amun made his skin blue. Blue was used to paint wood, papyrus, canvas, for beads, inlays, pots, etc. The Greeks imported indigo dye from India, calling it indikon. They used Egyptian blue in the wall paintings of Knossos, in Crete, (2100 BC), Europe's oldest city. it was used as a background color behind the friezes on Greek temples and to colour the beards of Greek statues. Napolean and Americans use blue as the color of uniforms (military, police, post office, etc.). In the 1700s it symbolized liberty. I could go on about this in cultures. 

About a year or so ago I spoke with Paul Pressly about a visit to Ossabaw Island in Ga. He shared with me the significance of the color blue among West Africans who were brought to America to cultivate indigo (I. suffruticosa, native to Central and South America) on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia. Ossabaw was purchased in 1760 by a French Swiss man who purchased 30 slaves (who today hold the most intact African culture in America and are known as the Gullah Geechie Nastino) to cultivate and build the land. Over a period of 100 years they "made the plantation into one of the largest producers of indigo in Georgia, a crop cultivated and transformed into blue dye in West Africa..." the Gullah Geechie also "cut live oak trees for sale for use in boat construction and constructed at least one vessel destined for the transatlantic trade." These were skilled craftsman and agriculturalist with intellectual property passed down from generation to generation. The significance here is that the blue made from this plant and the African American's urine (yellow) was used to make a paint that was used on many southern porch ceilings, shutters, and doorways as a protection from evil spirits or haints/haunts. This color in the deep south, became known as "haint blue". This connects the color blue to the Goddess Mami Watta (in Nigeria represented with red and white).  “Mami” is derived from “Ma” or ”Mama,” meaning “truth/wisdom,” and “Wata” is a corruption of not an English, but the ancient Egyptian word “Uati,” (or "Uat-ur" meaning ocean water), and the Khosian ("Hottentot") "Ouata" meaning “water.”

"In Togo, West Africa, and in the United States, the priestesses of Mami Wata are called Mamisii (Mamissi, Mamaissii, Mammisi). Certain paths of high-priestesses who are called to open an Egbé (spirit house) are known as "Mamaissii-Hounons" which translates as “queen of the ship,” or literally “mother wisdom” (Alapini 1955, Massey 1994, p. 227, Rosenthal 1998, p. 116-117). This is an ancient name probably having its etymological roots in ancient Egypt, where we find the name Mammisi meaning “motherhood temple,” as the sacred shrine where the queen/ priestesses gives birth to spirit. (Walker 1983, p. 572-573).......(Saint Martha, Santa Marta, Dominican Filomena or Lubana) "Martha" a name of Afro-Asiatic Aramaic origin, meaning "lady or mistress of the house." Her worship and image was brought to the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola) by enslaved Africans."

The Ishtar Gate (Persian: دروازه ایشتار‎)(Arabic: بوابة عشتار‎) was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. Originally one of the 7 wonders of the world.

This star on blue sky is on the ceiling of several older buildings in Nashville. Some of which we will be visiting this Saturday. Perhaps your city also has significant buildings that have withstood the test of time adorned with star studded ceilings with a blue background for aesthetics purposes...

10,000 views!

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This month on 5/11 I am doing a tour called Egypt in Nashville. If you are in the area message me and I will send you details.

I will be doing more updates this month on metes, bounds, surveying, Seshat's foundation ceremony, and masonry. 

Trees Role in Architecture and Community Design

Seshat was the symbol for architecture, mathematics, and presided over the laying of the foundation of the temples. America's early architects and builders were masons, utilizing rituals and knowledge from the Hall of Records. Just think of the surveyors craft and the people who used the metes and bounds drawing the lines of the states we have today.

Humans have always inhabited land by water. It is our sustenance  Our bodies are over 90% water. And freshwater, is a divine miraculous gift that still baffles scientist when looking at the make up of elements on among the many other planets in our solar system and our universe.

Fresh water is unique to this planet we live on. Trees grow around bodies of freshwater and are an integral part of the cycle of life. They not only provide us with oxygen, but they also absorb water which keeps areas from flooding. They maintain a balance that allows us to benefit from the close proximity of water and livable land. The land of the Nile was special. There is the Nile, there is lush land, and then there is desert. The area in which the ancient Egyptians had to thrive was very narrow and had to be cared for in a special way. This knowledge and science of city growth in relationship to the land was written and originally passed down from mother to daughter. Eventually, becoming the standard for all who wanted to learn. 

This week I have been thinking about the rituals cultures have used with trees after seeing these robes at the masonic lodge that reminded me of the KKK next to a sign that said rituals. I will write a separate blog post about Esus and others, as well as the Africans in America who were ritually hung on a "rope" from a branch of a "tree". I digress. 

My point of writing this today is that I feel compelled to speak about the environment in this forum because today my community is flooding, a lot of rain has come down this week. A couple of years ago we suffered a massive flood. Many communities across America have suffered from flooding as of late. Yes, we have global warming, yes we have pollution, and so many other things that are related to our lifestyle that are complicating the environment and its ability to maintain balance. However, we are nature working. 

Trees absorb water and naturally grow prolifically around bodies of water. It is not by magic that the ancients built our cities and communities near rivers, it is natural, divine architecture. Yet, today we have decided that our communities can cut down these trees that have giving us life and stability and time on this planet. That we no longer need a tree canopy to surround us. It has been decided that we can replace them with saplings, flowers, concrete, and turf. However, we do need canopy trees not only to breathe, but to drink the water Mother Earth has provided for us through the cycles of rain. Remember the promise of the rainbow? 

When will be demand that our architects, city planners, and landscape designers, etc. get trained in holistic design utilizing the principles of the ancient architects. The two can co-exist trees and humans, peacefully, without everyone hugging them..I digress. My point is we have to stop replicating bad design. The recession was our opportunity to take time to stop, look at where and how we are building, and revise. It is my concern that more flooding will continue, more environmental damage that is totally unnecessary  As Dr Frances Cress Wesling once said, "parents don't let your children run amuck!" Its time we put our foot down and get our house in order. We can get this right, we can tweak and change some things. 

We can live comfortable while at the same time caring for the earth and caring for others. If your interested in knowing a unique way I am addressing this in my community send me message. I would be happy to tell you about how you can recreate the "7 layers" of forests in urban communities. You can also join our group on facebook. The Washington post did an article this week linking communities with trees with wealth. Check it out.

Sesheta

This video is all I could find on astronomy and Easter online.The ancient libraries over which Seshat was the priestess of, or symbol over (I conceptualize her depictions as a mascot for education), taught students about astronomy, archaeology, agriculture, and medicine. The dates that were noted astronomically were "recognized", "marked", "noted", "celebrated", "written", "revered", and associated with the holder of this knowledge. I purposely am not using the often used terms of worshiped and the like.  Before they became noted and passed down through scripture in the church, they were taught in the schools and learned in the libraries. Libraries that no longer exist. We have remnants we see in our "behaviors"cross culturally during this time period, and in the "script"ures that humans DID protect that we still have with us. They are summaries, not the entire story. Some summaries of the "Mistress of the House of Books (Seshat)"we can see in this particular holiday I will note, but not go too deep into at this point. I will also provide some information from other sources on a current spring equinox holiday based on the lunisolar calendar still practiced today by the people who occupy the land of the people of ancient Kemet, Sham El-Nasim.

"She (Seshat) also often offers palm branches (the hieroglyph for "many years") as a gift to a ruler." Often shown wearing a leopard skin further indication that she is an ancient goddess.

Seshat inscribing on the palm-leaf rib
By Rameses II at Abydos

Notches a palm frond to mark the lifespan of the king. Records the royal names at birth and coronation. Grands sed-festivals to the king. Symbol is seen in sed-festival images. Since "She" grants sed-festivals and assigns lifespan, can be compared to concept of fate.

Monday 25 April marks Sham El-Nasim, which Copts celebrate as part of Easter, but is one of the few days that Egyptians of all religions celebrate - since ancient times

Monday 25 April marks Sham El-Nasim (Shemu- renewal of life), in the same breath as Easter. The rituals and beliefs associated with today’s Sham El-Nasim celebrations link it directly to ancient Egyptian feasts.

Celebrated since 2700 BC by all Egyptians regardless of their religion, beliefs, and social status, the name Sham El-Nasim (Inhaling the breeze) is derived from the Coptic language that, in turn, is derived from the ancient Egyptian language. Originally pronounced Tshom Ni Sime, with tshom meaning “gardens” and ni sime meaning “meadows.”

Like most ancient Egyptian feasts, Sham El-Nasim was also affiliated with astronomy and nature. It marks the beginning of the spring festival, which is the time they believed day and night are equal, (when the sun is in the Aries zodiac) hence marking the beginning of creation. They confirm the exact date annually by sighting the sun in relation to the great pyramid. Ancient Egyptians named it The Feast of Shmo (the revival of life) and we have documentation that it was officially being celebrated in 2700BC. This holiday is one to connect with nature, they also paint eggs and actions that are also a part of "Easter Celebrations".  According to wikiki, "Easter is linked to the Passover and Exodus from Egypt recorded in the Old Testament through the Last Supper and crucifixion that preceded the resurrection". The date for Easter is determined on a lunisolar calendar.

On this national holiday the traditional Sham El-Nasim meal consists of fish, onions and eggs.
Fish was highly respected in ancient Egyptian beliefs. Salted mullet fish (known as fesikh), was offered to the gods in Esna in Upper Egypt to the extent that Esna’s ancient name was Lathpolis, which was the name of the original fish before it is salted.

As for colouring eggs, it’s a custom mentioned in the pharaoh’s famous Book of the Dead and in Akhenaton’s chants, “God is one, he created life from the inanimate and he created chicks from eggs.” Hence, the egg was a symbol of life to ancient Egyptians. Ancient Egyptians would boil eggs on Sham El-Nasim eve, decorate and colour them in various patterns, then write their wishes on these eggs, tuck them in baskets made of palm fronds and hang them on trees or the roof of their houses in hopes that the gods would answer their wishes by dawn. The habit of eating onions on that day is equally ancient.

In ancient Egypt, families would combine all of these: they would gather on the eve of Sham El-Nasim to color the boiled eggs, prepare the fish and onion, some hanging the onions on their door steps to ward off evil spirits and putting them under their grandchildren’s pillows that night to summon the god Sukar. Before dawn, people would head to meadows, gardens and the Nile river bank to watch the sunrise while carrying food and flowers. They spend their day out in the open air, joyfully singing away the hours.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/32/97/10483/Folk/Street-Smart/A-very-ancient-Egyptian-Easter-Sham-ElNasim.aspx

The biblical accounts of Palm Sunday can be found in Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44; and John 12:12-19.

See also Sukkot - The holiday lasts seven days

The sacred tree in Assyrian mythology is a palm that symbolizes Ishtar connecting heaven, the crown of the tree, and earth, the base of the trunk. Palm stems represented long life (time) to the Ancient Egyptians, and the god Huh was often shown holding a palm stem in one or both hands. The Kingdom of Nri (Igbo) used the "omu", a tender palm frond, to sacralize and restrain. The palm tree was a sacred sign of Apollo in Ancient Greece because he had been bor

Ḥauḥet (female) & Ḥeḥ (male) represented a
 member of the Ogdoad of eight primeval
deities whose worship was centered at
Hermopolis Magna since Old Kingdom onward.
Infinity, millinium, eternity

n under one in Delos.[4] In ancient Mesopotamia, the date palm may have represented fertility in humans. The Mesopotamian goddess Inanna, who had a part in the sacred marriage ritual, considered herself the one who made the dates abundant.

Tradition held that at least seven years would pass upon the death of the eze Nri before a successor could be determined;

A variant of this "holy"day (so ancient, its divine) is also celebrated among the Igbo. See my other posts on other similarities among Nigerian and West African cultures and the writings of the ancient Egyptians. The eze Nri was chosen after an interregnum period while the electors waited for supernatural powers to manifest in the new ezeNri. He was installed after a symbolic journey to Aguleri on the Anambra River.[3] There, he would supposedly use magical powers to collect stones from under the water, undergo a symbolic burial and exhumation, then finally be anointed with white clay, a symbol of purity. Upon his death, he was buried seated in a wood-lined chamber.[3] The eze Nri was in all aspects a divine ruler. The eze Nri's first son and daughter were required to undergo scarification's seven days after birth, with the eze Nri's daughter being the only female to receive ichi.

Master of the Palastkapelle in Palermo

I think we see the pattern here folks, with the number 7 being used to reference the source to complete the full telling these stories. Not to be taken literally.

Igbo ichi marks

OBSSA IRIJI CEREMONY

For those without preservation in material form, I provide an example of ritual in the living preserving this knowledge. Here is a man from West Africa with a pattern meant to imitate the rays of the sun. In the Agbaja style, circles and semicircular patterns are added to the initial incisions to represent the moon. These scarification's were given to the representatives of the eze Nri; the mbùríchi.

Palm Sunday, Easter and Seshat

This video is all I could find on astronomy and Easter online.The ancient libraries over which Seshat was the priestess of, or symbol over (I conceptualize her depictions as a mascot for education), taught students about astronomy, archaeology, agriculture, and medicine. The dates that were noted astronomically were "recognized", "marked", "noted", "celebrated", "written", "revered", and associated with the holder of this knowledge. I purposely am not using the often used terms of worshiped and the like.  Before they became noted and passed down through scripture in the church, they were taught in the schools and learned in the libraries. Libraries that no longer exist. We have remnants we see in our "behaviors"cross culturally during this time period, and in the "script"ures that humans DID protect that we still have with us. They are summaries, not the entire story. Some summaries of the "Mistress of the House of Books (Seshat)"we can see in this particular holiday I will note, but not go too deep into at this point. I will also provide some information from other sources on a current spring equinox holiday based on the lunisolar calendar still practiced today by the people who occupy the land of the people of ancient Kemet, Sham El-Nasim.

"She (Seshat) also often offers palm branches (the hieroglyph for "many years") as a gift to a ruler." Often shown wearing a leopard skin further indication that she is an ancient goddess.

Seshat inscribing on the palm-leaf rib
By Rameses II at Abydos

Notches a palm frond to mark the lifespan of the king. Records the royal names at birth and coronation. Grands sed-festivals to the king. Symbol is seen in sed-festival images. Since "She" grants sed-festivals and assigns lifespan, can be compared to concept of fate.

Monday 25 April marks Sham El-Nasim, which Copts celebrate as part of Easter, but is one of the few days that Egyptians of all religions celebrate - since ancient times

Monday 25 April marks Sham El-Nasim (Shemu- renewal of life), in the same breath as Easter. The rituals and beliefs associated with today’s Sham El-Nasim celebrations link it directly to ancient Egyptian feasts.

Celebrated since 2700 BC by all Egyptians regardless of their religion, beliefs, and social status, the name Sham El-Nasim (Inhaling the breeze) is derived from the Coptic language that, in turn, is derived from the ancient Egyptian language. Originally pronounced Tshom Ni Sime, with tshom meaning “gardens” and ni sime meaning “meadows.”

Like most ancient Egyptian feasts, Sham El-Nasim was also affiliated with astronomy and nature. It marks the beginning of the spring festival, which is the time they believed day and night are equal, (when the sun is in the Aries zodiac) hence marking the beginning of creation. They confirm the exact date annually by sighting the sun in relation to the great pyramid. Ancient Egyptians named it The Feast of Shmo (the revival of life) and we have documentation that it was officially being celebrated in 2700BC. This holiday is one to connect with nature, they also paint eggs and actions that are also a part of "Easter Celebrations".  According to wikiki, "Easter is linked to the Passover and Exodus from Egypt recorded in the Old Testament through the Last Supper and crucifixion that preceded the resurrection". The date for Easter is determined on a lunisolar calendar.

On this national holiday the traditional Sham El-Nasim meal consists of fish, onions and eggs.
Fish was highly respected in ancient Egyptian beliefs. Salted mullet fish (known as fesikh), was offered to the gods in Esna in Upper Egypt to the extent that Esna’s ancient name was Lathpolis, which was the name of the original fish before it is salted.

As for colouring eggs, it’s a custom mentioned in the pharaoh’s famous Book of the Dead and in Akhenaton’s chants, “God is one, he created life from the inanimate and he created chicks from eggs.” Hence, the egg was a symbol of life to ancient Egyptians. Ancient Egyptians would boil eggs on Sham El-Nasim eve, decorate and colour them in various patterns, then write their wishes on these eggs, tuck them in baskets made of palm fronds and hang them on trees or the roof of their houses in hopes that the gods would answer their wishes by dawn. The habit of eating onions on that day is equally ancient.

In ancient Egypt, families would combine all of these: they would gather on the eve of Sham El-Nasim to color the boiled eggs, prepare the fish and onion, some hanging the onions on their door steps to ward off evil spirits and putting them under their grandchildren’s pillows that night to summon the god Sukar. Before dawn, people would head to meadows, gardens and the Nile river bank to watch the sunrise while carrying food and flowers. They spend their day out in the open air, joyfully singing away the hours.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/32/97/10483/Folk/Street-Smart/A-very-ancient-Egyptian-Easter-Sham-ElNasim.aspx

The biblical account of Palm Sunday can be found in Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44; and John 12:12-19.

See also Sukkot - The holiday lasts seven days

The sacred tree in Assyrian mythology is a palm that symbolizes Ishtar connecting heaven, the crown of the tree, and earth, the base of the trunk. Palm stems represented long life (time) to the Ancient Egyptians, and the god Huh was often shown holding a palm stem in one or both hands. The Kingdom of Nri (Igbo) used the "omu", a tender palm frond, to sacralize and restrain. The palm tree was a sacred sign of Apollo in Ancient Greece because he had been bor

Ḥauḥet (female) & Ḥeḥ (male) represented a
 member of the Ogdoad of eight primeval
deities whose worship was centered at
Hermopolis Magna since Old Kingdom onward.
Infinity, millinium, eternity

n under one in Delos.[4] In ancient Mesopotamia, the date palm may have represented fertility in humans. The Mesopotamian goddess Inanna, who had a part in the sacred marriage ritual, considered herself the one who made the dates abundant.

A variant of this "holy"day (so ancient, its divine) is also celebrated among the Igbo. See my other posts on other similarities among Nigerian and West African cultures and the writings of the ancient Egyptians.
Tradition held that at least seven years would pass upon the death of the eze Nri before a successor could be determined;

The eze Nri was chosen after an interregnum period while the electors waited for supernatural powers to manifest in the new ezeNri. He was installed after a symbolic journey to Aguleri on the Anambra River.[3] There, he would supposedly use magical powers to collect stones from under the water, undergo a symbolic burial and exhumation, then finally be anointed with white clay, a symbol of purity. Upon his death, he was buried seated in a wood-lined chamber.[3] The eze Nri was in all aspects a divine ruler. The eze Nri's first son and daughter were required to undergo scarification's seven days after birth, with the eze Nri's daughter being the only female to receive ichi.

Master of the Palastkapelle in Palermo

I think we see the pattern here folks, with the number 7 being used to reference the source to complete the full telling these stories. Not to be taken literally.

Igbo ichi marks

OBSSA IRIJI CEREMONY

For those without preservation in material form, I provide an example of ritual in the living preserving this knowledge. Here is a man from West Africa with a pattern meant to imitate the rays of the sun. In the Agbaja style, circles and semicircular patterns are added to the initial incisions to represent the moon. These scarification's were given to the representatives of the eze Nri; the mbùríchi.