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	File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB ramesseum.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung.		File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB ramesseum.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung.
	File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung.		File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung.
			File:Reret+Menit DenderaCirc Louvre black inv.jpg\|Super-Constellation of Reret and Menit on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).
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	File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera
	File:Reret+Menit DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Reret & Menit, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])		File:Reret+Menit DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Reret & Menit, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
	File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB ramesseum.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung~~, ÄM 7~~.		File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB ramesseum.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung.
	File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung~~, ÄM 7~~.		File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung.
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	=== Sources ===		=== Sources ===
	[[File:RamesssideStarClocks-schemaBelmonte2003.jpeg\|thumb\|Ramessside Star Clocks schematically, fig. 1 in Belmonte (2003)<ref name=":0" />]]		[[File:RamesssideStarClocks-schemaBelmonte2003.jpeg\|thumb\|Ramessside Star Clocks schematically, fig. 1 in Belmonte (2003)<ref name=":0" />]]
			[[File:EarliestRepo RSC Lepsius1842-45.jpg\|thumb\|Earliest reproduction of a Ramesside Star Clock as one of the Egyptian astronomical ceilings in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung.]]
	[[File:Rrt-hippoGoddess_sarcophagus_NeuesMusBerlin%2Bdraw.gif\|thumb\|Constellation "'''Reret'''" depicted on a sarcophagus, represented by 9 asterisks (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.)]]		[[File:Rrt-hippoGoddess_sarcophagus_NeuesMusBerlin%2Bdraw.gif\|thumb\|Constellation "'''Reret'''" depicted on a sarcophagus, represented by 9 asterisks (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.)]]
	[[File:Stars in Reret+itsPole Belmonte2003-tab2 RSC.png\|thumb\|Stars in the Egyptian constellation Reret mentioned in the RSCs (CC BY Belmonte 2003<ref name=":0">Belmonte, J. A., 2003. The Ramesside star clocks and the ancient Egyptian constellations. In M. Blomberg, P. E. Blomberg and G. Henriksson (Eds.), ''Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture'' (pp. 57–65). ''Uppsala Astronomical Observatory report'', 59. Uppsala Ocarina Books.</ref>, tab. 2).]]		[[File:Stars in Reret+itsPole Belmonte2003-tab2 RSC.png\|thumb\|Stars in the Egyptian constellation Reret mentioned in the RSCs (CC BY Belmonte 2003<ref name=":0">Belmonte, J. A., 2003. The Ramesside star clocks and the ancient Egyptian constellations. In M. Blomberg, P. E. Blomberg and G. Henriksson (Eds.), ''Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture'' (pp. 57–65). ''Uppsala Astronomical Observatory report'', 59. Uppsala Ocarina Books.</ref>, tab. 2).]]

	The constellation is mentioned in the Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) and identified by right ascension. Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) are ceiling paintings in some tombs in the Valley of Kings, Egypt, from the Ramesside Period.<ref>Marshall Clagett (1989). Ancient Egyptian Science: Calendars, clocks, and astronomy. American Philosophical Society.</ref> They are not actually used star clocks but information on stars in transit (probably through the meridian) provided in tabular layout. It was assumed that they depict a practice in ancient Egypt to measure time by the, most likely, meridian or close to meridian transit of stars. These hour stars were single stars in a few cases or belong to constellations, some of them very large, of Egyptian sky maps.		The constellation is mentioned in the Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) and identified by right ascension. Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) are ceiling paintings in some tombs in the Valley of Kings, Egypt, from the Ramesside Period.<ref>Marshall Clagett (1989). Ancient Egyptian Science: Calendars, clocks, and astronomy. American Philosophical Society.</ref> They are not actually used star clocks but information on stars in transit (probably through the meridian) provided in tabular layout. It was assumed that they depict a practice in ancient Egypt to measure time by the, most likely, meridian or close to meridian transit of stars. These hour stars were single stars in a few cases or belong to constellations, some of them very large, of Egyptian sky maps.

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	File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names Khepdenreret and Tepiamenit (CC BY WGSN).		File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names Khepdenreret and Tepiamenit (CC BY WGSN).
	File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera
	File:Reret+Menit DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\| Reret & Menit, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])		File:Reret+Menit DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Reret & Menit, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
			File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB ramesseum.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.
			File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.
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	File:Rrt-hippoGoddess sarcophagus NeuesMusBerlin.jpg\|Constellation "'''Reret'''" depicted on Nectanebo's sarcophagus, represented by 9 asterisks, seba, (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.)		File:Rrt-hippoGoddess sarcophagus NeuesMusBerlin.jpg\|Constellation "'''Reret'''" depicted on Nectanebo's sarcophagus, represented by 9 asterisks, seba, (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.)
	File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names Khepdenreret and Tepiamenit (CC BY WGSN).		File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names Khepdenreret and Tepiamenit (CC BY WGSN).
	File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera
			File:Reret+Menit DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\| Reret & Menit, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
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	File:Rrt-hippoGoddess sarcophagus NeuesMusBerlin.jpg\|Constellation "'''Reret'''" depicted on Nectanebo's sarcophagus, represented by 9 asterisks, seba, (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.)		File:Rrt-hippoGoddess sarcophagus NeuesMusBerlin.jpg\|Constellation "'''Reret'''" depicted on Nectanebo's sarcophagus, represented by 9 asterisks, seba, (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.)
	File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names Khepdenreret and Tepiamenit (CC BY WGSN).		File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names Khepdenreret and Tepiamenit (CC BY WGSN).
			File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera
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	== Religion/ Tales/ Mythology ==		== Religion/ Tales/ Mythology ==
			[[File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|thumb\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera ]]
	Reret was primarily a household goddess rather than a state deity with large temples. Her principal functions were: Guarding pregnant women during labor, protecting newborn children, repelling demons and malevolent spirits, assisting in rebirth and regeneration. Amulets and figurines of Reret/Taweret were commonly placed in homes, on beds, and in birth chambers.astronomical aspect. She was associated with the northern circumpolar stars, particularly the constellation Draco, Bootes and Hercules.		Reret was primarily a household goddess rather than a state deity with large temples. Her principal functions were: Guarding pregnant women during labor, protecting newborn children, repelling demons and malevolent spirits, assisting in rebirth and regeneration. Amulets and figurines of Reret/Taweret were commonly placed in homes, on beds, and in birth chambers.astronomical aspect. She was associated with the northern circumpolar stars, particularly the constellation Draco, Bootes and Hercules.

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	The constellation is mentioned in the Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) and identified by right ascension. Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) are ceiling paintings in some tombs in the Valley of Kings, Egypt, from the Ramesside Period.<ref>Marshall Clagett (1989). Ancient Egyptian Science: Calendars, clocks, and astronomy. American Philosophical Society.</ref> They are not actually used star clocks but information on stars in transit (probably through the meridian) provided in tabular layout. It was assumed that they depict a practice in ancient Egypt to measure time by the, most likely, meridian or close to meridian transit of stars. These hour stars were single stars in a few cases or belong to constellations, some of them very large, of Egyptian sky maps.		The constellation is mentioned in the Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) and identified by right ascension. Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) are ceiling paintings in some tombs in the Valley of Kings, Egypt, from the Ramesside Period.<ref>Marshall Clagett (1989). Ancient Egyptian Science: Calendars, clocks, and astronomy. American Philosophical Society.</ref> They are not actually used star clocks but information on stars in transit (probably through the meridian) provided in tabular layout. It was assumed that they depict a practice in ancient Egypt to measure time by the, most likely, meridian or close to meridian transit of stars. These hour stars were single stars in a few cases or belong to constellations, some of them very large, of Egyptian sky maps.

	There has been two dedicated approaches including an attempt to identify these hour stars: Leitz (1995)<ref name=":3" /> and Belmonte (2003)<ref name=":12">Belmonte, J. A., 2003. The Ramesside star clocks and the ancient Egyptian constellations. In M. Blomberg, P. E. Blomberg and G. Henriksson (Eds.), ''Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture'' (pp. 57–65). ''Uppsala Astronomical Observatory report'', 59. Uppsala Ocarina Books.</~~ref~~>. Pioneers Neugebauer and Parker (1969)<ref>Neugebauer, O. and Parker, R. A., 1969. ''Egyptian Astronomical Texts'', vol. III. Providence: Brown University.</ref> thought this was a worthless exercise.		There has been two dedicated approaches including an attempt to identify these hour stars: Leitz (1995)<ref name=":3" /> and Belmonte (2003)<ref name=":0" />. Pioneers Neugebauer and Parker (1969)<ref>Neugebauer, O. and Parker, R. A., 1969. ''Egyptian Astronomical Texts'', vol. III. Providence: Brown University.</ref> thought this was a worthless exercise.

	Leitz (1995)<ref name=":3" /> followed N&P hypothesis of stars transiting close to the southern horizon and reached a solution which for Belmonte (2003) was not satisfactory for various reasons. These are amply discussed in Lull and Belmonte (2006 & 2009)<ref name=":2">Belmonte, J.A. and Lull, J., 2023. Astronomy in ancient Egypt: a cultural perspective. Cham: Springer.</ref>. This new hypothesis suggests that several RSC constellations were located in the northern skies such as the Giant (Nekht), the She-Hippo (Reret), the Mooring Post (Menyt) and the Bird (Apdu), among others of lesser entity (see also Davies, 1985<ref>Davis, V. L., 1985. Identifying Ancient Egyptian Constellations. ''Journal of the History of Astronomy'', ''16'', 102–104.</ref>).		Leitz (1995)<ref name=":3" /> followed N&P hypothesis of stars transiting close to the southern horizon and reached a solution which for Belmonte (2003) was not satisfactory for various reasons. These are amply discussed in Lull and Belmonte (2006 & 2009)<ref name=":2">Belmonte, J.A. and Lull, J., 2023. Astronomy in ancient Egypt: a cultural perspective. Cham: Springer.</ref>. This new hypothesis suggests that several RSC constellations were located in the northern skies such as the Giant (Nekht), the She-Hippo (Reret), the Mooring Post (Menyt) and the Bird (Apdu), among others of lesser entity (see also Davies, 1985<ref>Davis, V. L., 1985. Identifying Ancient Egyptian Constellations. ''Journal of the History of Astronomy'', ''16'', 102–104.</ref>).

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	* "..." (Belmonte 2003)<ref name=":0" />		* "..." (Belmonte 2003)<ref name=":0" />
	* "..." (Belmonte & Lull 2023)<ref~~>Belmonte, J.A. andd Lull, J., 2023. Astronomy in ancient Egypt~~: ~~a cultural perspective. Cham: Springer.<~~/~~ref~~>		* "..." (Belmonte & Lull 2023)<ref name=":2" />
	* Petrie's drawing also extends across this area		* Petrie's drawing also extends across this area
	* The circular zodiac in Dendera the image is drawn .... An accurate identification is not possible but it matches the suggestions above.		* The circular zodiac in Dendera the image is drawn .... An accurate identification is not possible but it matches the suggestions above.

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	[[File:Hippo-hi Zodiaque de Dendéra - Musée du Louvre Antiquités Egyptiennes D 38 ; E 13482.gif\|thumb\|Detail from the circular zodiac of Dendera with the Hippo Goddess next to the Bull's Thigh (photo: Musée du Louvre, GIF SMH).]]		[[File:Hippo-hi Zodiaque de Dendéra - Musée du Louvre Antiquités Egyptiennes D 38 ; E 13482.gif\|thumb\|Detail from the circular zodiac of Dendera with the Hippo Goddess next to the Bull's Thigh (photo: Musée du Louvre, GIF SMH).]]
	[[File:Taweret Amulet MET 21.6.47 EGDP021762.jpg\|thumb\|Taweret Amulet MET 21.6.47 EGDP021762 (CC0, wikicommons)]]		[[File:Taweret Amulet MET 21.6.47 EGDP021762.jpg\|thumb\|Taweret Amulet MET 21.6.47 EGDP021762 (CC0, wikicommons)]]
	Reret, ''rrt'', The Hippotamus, is an Egyptian constellation, preserved in the 2nd millennium BCE. It is also called Isis Djamet. Based on Ramesside Star Clocks,<ref>Neugebauer, O. and Parker, R. A., 1969. ''Egyptian Astronomical Texts'', vol. III. Providence: Brown University.</ref><ref>Leitz, Ch., 1995. Altägyptische Sternuhren. OLA, 62. Leuven: Peeters.</ref> it is known that it covers 5 RA-hours.<ref name=":1">Petrie W.M.F. (1940). Wisdom of the Egyptians. London.</ref> Reret / Isis-Dajamet is one of the most important constellations of ancient Egyptian skies present in all celestial diagrams and in mythology, as in the Book of Day and Night in the vault of the burial chamber in the tomb of Ramesses VI where teh texts mention Isis in the form of Reret handling two mooring posts, where Meskhetyu (the leg of Seth) is fixed with two chains of gold so that it can not travel through the sky.		Reret, ''rrt'', The Hippotamus, is an Egyptian constellation, preserved in the 2nd millennium BCE. It is also called Isis Djamet. Based on Ramesside Star Clocks,<ref>Neugebauer, O. and Parker, R. A., 1969. ''Egyptian Astronomical Texts'', vol. III. Providence: Brown University.</ref><ref name=":3">Leitz, Ch., 1995. Altägyptische Sternuhren. OLA, 62. Leuven: Peeters.</ref> it is known that it covers 5 RA-hours.<ref name=":1">Petrie W.M.F. (1940). Wisdom of the Egyptians. London.</ref> Reret / Isis-Dajamet is one of the most important constellations of ancient Egyptian skies present in all celestial diagrams and in mythology, as in the Book of Day and Night in the vault of the burial chamber in the tomb of Ramesses VI where teh texts mention Isis in the form of Reret handling two mooring posts, where Meskhetyu (the leg of Seth) is fixed with two chains of gold so that it can not travel through the sky.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History==		==Concordance, Etymology, History==
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	The constellation is mentioned in the Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) and identified by right ascension. Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) are ceiling paintings in some tombs in the Valley of Kings, Egypt, from the Ramesside Period.<ref>Marshall Clagett (1989). Ancient Egyptian Science: Calendars, clocks, and astronomy. American Philosophical Society.</ref> They are not actually used star clocks but information on stars in transit (probably through the meridian) provided in tabular layout. It was assumed that they depict a practice in ancient Egypt to measure time by the, most likely, meridian or close to meridian transit of stars. These hour stars were single stars in a few cases or belong to constellations, some of them very large, of Egyptian sky maps.		The constellation is mentioned in the Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) and identified by right ascension. Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC) are ceiling paintings in some tombs in the Valley of Kings, Egypt, from the Ramesside Period.<ref>Marshall Clagett (1989). Ancient Egyptian Science: Calendars, clocks, and astronomy. American Philosophical Society.</ref> They are not actually used star clocks but information on stars in transit (probably through the meridian) provided in tabular layout. It was assumed that they depict a practice in ancient Egypt to measure time by the, most likely, meridian or close to meridian transit of stars. These hour stars were single stars in a few cases or belong to constellations, some of them very large, of Egyptian sky maps.

	There has been two dedicated approaches including an attempt to identify these hour stars: Leitz (1995)<ref name=":02"~~>Leitz, Ch., 1995. Altägyptische Sternuhren. OLA, 62. Leuven: Peeters.<~~/~~ref~~> and Belmonte (2003)<ref name=":12">Belmonte, J. A., 2003. The Ramesside star clocks and the ancient Egyptian constellations. In M. Blomberg, P. E. Blomberg and G. Henriksson (Eds.), ''Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture'' (pp. 57–65). ''Uppsala Astronomical Observatory report'', 59. Uppsala Ocarina Books.</ref>. Pioneers Neugebauer and Parker (1969)<ref>Neugebauer, O. and Parker, R. A., 1969. ''Egyptian Astronomical Texts'', vol. III. Providence: Brown University.</ref> thought this was a worthless exercise.		There has been two dedicated approaches including an attempt to identify these hour stars: Leitz (1995)<ref name=":3" /> and Belmonte (2003)<ref name=":12">Belmonte, J. A., 2003. The Ramesside star clocks and the ancient Egyptian constellations. In M. Blomberg, P. E. Blomberg and G. Henriksson (Eds.), ''Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture'' (pp. 57–65). ''Uppsala Astronomical Observatory report'', 59. Uppsala Ocarina Books.</ref>. Pioneers Neugebauer and Parker (1969)<ref>Neugebauer, O. and Parker, R. A., 1969. ''Egyptian Astronomical Texts'', vol. III. Providence: Brown University.</ref> thought this was a worthless exercise.

	Leitz (1995)<ref name=":02" /> followed N&P hypothesis of stars transiting close to the southern horizon and reached a solution which for Belmonte (2003) was not satisfactory for various reasons. These are amply discussed in Lull and Belmonte (2006 & 2009)<ref name=":2">Belmonte, J.A. ~~andd~~ Lull, J., 2023. Astronomy in ancient Egypt: a cultural perspective. Cham: Springer.</ref>. This new hypothesis suggests that several RSC constellations were located in the northern skies such as the Giant (Nekht), the She-Hippo (Reret), the Mooring Post (Menyt) and the Bird (Apdu), among others of lesser entity (see also Davies, 1985<ref>Davis, V. L., 1985. Identifying Ancient Egyptian Constellations. ''Journal of the History of Astronomy'', ''16'', 102–104.</ref>).		Leitz (1995)<ref name=":3" /> followed N&P hypothesis of stars transiting close to the southern horizon and reached a solution which for Belmonte (2003) was not satisfactory for various reasons. These are amply discussed in Lull and Belmonte (2006 & 2009)<ref name=":2">Belmonte, J.A. and Lull, J., 2023. Astronomy in ancient Egypt: a cultural perspective. Cham: Springer.</ref>. This new hypothesis suggests that several RSC constellations were located in the northern skies such as the Giant (Nekht), the She-Hippo (Reret), the Mooring Post (Menyt) and the Bird (Apdu), among others of lesser entity (see also Davies, 1985<ref>Davis, V. L., 1985. Identifying Ancient Egyptian Constellations. ''Journal of the History of Astronomy'', ''16'', 102–104.</ref>).

	=== Individual Stars / Body Parts ===		=== Individual Stars / Body Parts ===
	Belmonte and Lull (2023)<ref name=":22"~~>Belmonte, J.A. andd Lull, J., 2023. Astronomy in ancient Egypt: a cultural perspective. Cham: Springer.<~~/~~ref~~> suggest the identification of Reret with a "Large area near the Pole covering from Lyra to Boötes Vega is a form of Isis". There are 9 stars related to Reret named in the Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC)<ref name=":0" />.		Belmonte and Lull (2023)<ref name=":2" /> suggest the identification of Reret with a "Large area near the Pole covering from Lyra to Boötes Vega is a form of Isis". There are 9 stars related to Reret named in the Ramesside Star Clocks (RSC)<ref name=":0" />.

	Nine star names are given in the RSC and nine stars are drawn for Reret on the sarcophagus in Berlin (see image on the right).		Nine star names are given in the RSC and nine stars are drawn for Reret on the sarcophagus in Berlin (see image on the right).

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	[[File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names Khepdenreret and Tepiamenit (CC BY WGSN).]]		[[File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names [[Khepdenreret]] and [[Tepiamenit]] (CC BY WGSN).]]

	=== Other Identification(s) ===		=== Other Identification(s) ===

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	File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera
	File:Reret+Menit DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Reret & Menit, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])		File:Reret+Menit DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Reret & Menit, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
	File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB ramesseum.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung~~, ÄM 7~~.		File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB ramesseum.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung.
	File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung~~, ÄM 7~~.		File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung.
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	File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names Khepdenreret and Tepiamenit (CC BY WGSN).		File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names Khepdenreret and Tepiamenit (CC BY WGSN).
	File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera
	File:Reret+Menit DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\| Reret & Menit, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])		File:Reret+Menit DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Reret & Menit, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
			File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB ramesseum.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.
			File:Reret+Menit etal-NMB.jpg\|Rert & Menit in Egyptian astronomical ceiling, reproduced in Neues Museum Berlin by Lepsius (1850); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.
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	File:Rrt-hippoGoddess sarcophagus NeuesMusBerlin.jpg\|Constellation "'''Reret'''" depicted on Nectanebo's sarcophagus, represented by 9 asterisks, seba, (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.)		File:Rrt-hippoGoddess sarcophagus NeuesMusBerlin.jpg\|Constellation "'''Reret'''" depicted on Nectanebo's sarcophagus, represented by 9 asterisks, seba, (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 7.)
	File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names Khepdenreret and Tepiamenit (CC BY WGSN).		File:Rrt+mnt IAUstarNames stellarium.jpg\|Reret and Menit on Stellarium map, with the two IAU-star names Khepdenreret and Tepiamenit (CC BY WGSN).
	File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Reret+SethThigh DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Reret and the Thigh of Seth; rectangular zodiac of Dendera
			File:Reret+Menit DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\| Reret & Menit, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
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