It must be aliens.....

Ok - still fired up by from our recent trip to Egypt. How did they do all that stuff? The stonework alone is unbelievable. 

However, one thing in particular struck me - the hieroglyph of the Sun. Having spent a large part of my life studying the Sun (both academically and recreationally;) this image jumped out at me more than any of the others. 

Here it is...

So what made me so interested! 

Well, why are the Sun's rays drawn as rows of little triangles in 3 lines? If you ask someone to draw the Sun they will draw the rays as straight lines, not like a load of raindrops! Also why only 3 rays and not, as the emoji illustrates, 🌞 lots?

They are of course representing photons (or as Holly, one of our crew, pointed out, maybe neutrinos). Three rows representing photons (red, green, blue) or neutrinos (electron, muon, tau). Come to think of it I like the neutrino version better, much more elegant.

Anyway, something to think on. Has to be 👽....right?