PAGE I. THE ACCADIAN CALENDAR 1 II. THE CONSTELLATION ARIES 24 III. _GU_, ELEVENTH CONSTELLATION OF THE ZODIAC 44 IV. THE MEDIAN CALENDAR AND THE CONSTELLATION TAURUS 56 V. ASTRONOMY IN THE RIG VEDA 88 VI. NOTES.--AHURA MAZDA, ETC. 149 VII. ANCIENT INDIAN ASTRONOMY 162 VIII. THE CHINESE CALENDAR, WITH SOME REMARKS WITH REFERENCE TO THAT OF THE CHALDEANS 185 PART II PLATES XV., XVI., XVII., AND XVIII. 215 PLATES XIX., XX. 226 PLATE XXI. 230 PLATE XXII. 239 PLATE XXIII. 245 PLATE XXIV. 248 INDEX 257 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE I. _To face page_ 13 PLATE II. „ 36 PLATE III. „ 40 PLATE IV. „ 64 PLATE V. „ 70 PLATE VI. „ 74 PLATE VII. „ 79 PLATE VIII. „ 80 PLATE IX. „ 118 PLATE X. „ 121 PLATE XI. „ 124 PLATE XII. „ 142 PLATE XIII. „ 174 PLATE XIV. „ 198 THE DIDÛ DRESSED _Page_ 219 PORTION OF CEILING AT BYBÂN EL MOLOUK _To face page_ 233 BULL APIS _Page_ 233 OUTLINES OF TWO CARVED SLATES DRAWN FROM PLATES I. AND III. IN _The Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology_ FOR MAY 1900 „ 237 THE CONSTELLATION PEGASUS „ 250 PLATE XV. _At End_ PLATE XVI. „