Apparently Seth who was Osiris' brother killed Osiris and his son Horus fought and killed Seth as retribution but lost his eye in the battle. Part of his "Eye" was restored by the god Thoth though. Egyptians then used fractions of 1 divided by the 6 powers of 2 for grain which are represented in the eye although this may not be accurate.
As for myself I wouldn't say there are many numbers that have a special meaning to me other than number 9 which is the number I grew up wearing in competitive sports and tends to be my number of choice when doing any activity now.
Winston, I'm interested in what you found about the possible inaccuracy of the Eye of Horus fractions used for measuring grain.
ReplyDeleteYou're off to a good start here, but this feels incomplete. Please add an explanation about the possible inaccuracies of the Eye of Horus as per Amanda's question, and elaborate a bit more on how it works in terms of fractions.
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