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The dawn of astronomy / A study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians

Chapter 1: Transcriber's Notes
By Sir Norman Lockyer
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Combines field measurements of temple axes, study of inscriptions, and astronomical reasoning to argue that many Egyptian temple orientations reflect solar and stellar phenomena; it links building alignments to festival timings, cult divinities, and ritual practice. The narrative surveys temple plans and mythic motifs, compares orientations with celestial events, and explains methods for using such evidence to infer ritual calendars and relative chronology. Technical analysis and descriptive chapters are interwoven to show how observations of the sky informed architectural design, ceremonial use, and the symbolic language of temple worship.

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Title: The dawn of astronomy

Author: Sir Norman Lockyer

Release date: March 17, 2021 [eBook #64849]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Transcriber's Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

Several tables have been rearranged to improve clarity and constrain width. In particular the table of star signs on p 401 was printed horizontally with vertical names and has been rotated. The reference to 'the upper list' has been changed to 'the left hand list'.

The names Shesu-Hor and Hor-shesu are used, apparently, interchangeably and have not been rationalised.

The first two errata have been implemented, the third is erroneous.

THE DAWN OF ASTRONOMY