The dawn of astronomy : a study of the temple worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians/
Study of the temple worship and mythology of the ancient.
J. Norman Lockyer ; with a preface by Giorgio de Santillana.
- Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2006.
- xxii, 432 p. : ill., forms., plans.; 22 cm.
- Dover books on astronomy / Dover books on Egypt .
Originally published: London : Cassell and Co., 1894. Includes index.
The sorship of the sun and the dawn-- The first glimpses of Egiptian astronomy-- The astronomical basis of the Egyptian Pantheon-- The two horizons-- The yearly path of the sun-god-- The probable hor-shesu worship-- Methods of determining the orientation of temples-- The earliest solar shrines in Egypt-- Other similar shrines elsewhere-- The solar temple of Amen-ra at Karnak-- The age of the temple of Amen-ra at Karnak-- The stars- their risings and settings-- The Egyptian heavens- The zodiacs of denderah-- The circumpolar constellations: The myth of horus-- Temple directed to the stars-- Further inquiries with regard to the stellar temples-- The building inscriptions--The star temples at Karnak-- The personification of stars - The temple of Isis at Denderah-- The prsonification of stars - (continuesd)- The temple of Hathor at Dendeerah. Star - cults-- Star-cults (continued)- Amen-t and Khons-- The Egyptian year and the Nile-- The years of 360 and 365 days-- The vague an the Sirian years-- The sothc cicle and the Use made of It-- The calendar and its revision-- The fixed year and festival calendars-- The mthology of Isis and Osiris-- The temple-stars-- The history of un-worship at Annu and Thebes-- The early temple and great pyramid builders-- The cult of northernn as opposed to southern stars-- The origin of Egyptian astronomy(continued)- the thedes school-- General conclusions as to the north and south races-- The Egyptian and Babylonian ecliptic constellations-- The influence of Egypt upon temple-orientation in Greece.