TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lockyer,Norman
AU  - Santillana Giorgio de
TI  - The dawn of astronomy: a study of the temple worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians
SN  - 0486450120 (pbk.)
AV  - QB 20 L818d 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Mineola, N.Y.
PB  - Dover Publications
KW  - Astronomy, Egyptian
KW  - Temples
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Sun
KW  - Mitología
KW  - Mythology
KW  - Egipto
KW  - Astronomía
KW  - Templos
N1  - 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
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