The dawn of astronomy: A study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient EgyptiansLockyer, Norman, Sir
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The dawn of astronomy: A study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians
Lockyer, Norman, Sir
Astronomy, Egyptian; Sun -- Mythology; Sun worship; Temples -- Egypt
The problem is, moreover, helped in Greece by architectural
considerations, which are frequently lacking in Egypt: of two temples
it can be shown, on this evidence alone, that one is older than the
other. Such an appeal strengthens my suggestion that two of the temples
of the Acropolis Hill were oriented to the Pleiades, by showing the
older temple to point to an earlier position of the star group. To
these Mr. Penrose adds another pair at Rhanmus, where he has found that
there are two temples almost touching one another, both following (and
with accordant dates) the shifting places of Spica, and still another
pair at Tegea.
INDEX.
A
=Aāhmes=, King, 339
=Abd el-Latîf=, 12
=Abu Shahrên=, 371
=Abu Simbel=, 16, 306
=Abydos=, mounds and temples at, 74, 99, 175, 214, 338, 393
sanctity of, 327
=Achernar=, 381
=Adytum.= _See_ Sanctuary
=Africa E.=, 373
=Agni=, god of fire, 7
=Ahura-Mazda or Ormuzd=, 6
=Air=, god of, 33
=Āk=, 176, 205
=Amada=, 311
=Amen=, confraternity of, 319
worship of, 189
temples dedicated to, 220, 222
=Amen-t=, Hathor Temple, 306
wife of Amen, 222
star symbol, 223
=Amen-Rā=, Hak of Pun-t, 347
obelisks to, 106
Southern worship, 319
temples of, 25, 75, 78, 99, 223, 351, 354
date of, 119
direction of axis of, 78
growth of, 188
restoration of,108
_See_ also Karnak
=Amenemhāt I.=, 77, 175, 338
=Amen-hetep I.=, 221
=Amen-hetep III.=, Mut Temple, 213
Karnak Temple B, builder of, 189
quarrel with Theban priests, 321
=Amen-hetep IV.=, date of, 321
conservatism of, 320
leaves Thebes, 321
builds Tell el-Amarna, 323
=Amenti=, 35
=Amplitude=, 46
=Amplitudes=, of temples, 59, 67, 170, 309
at Annu, 168
at Denderah, 168, 210
at Karnak, 47, 160, 168, 171, 189
tables of, 305, 306, 311, 312, 318
=Amru=, description of Egypt, 230
=Amsu.= _See_ Min
=An=, and god Anu, 363
=Anaximander=, 8
=Ancestors=, divine, 327
=Annu=, 74
grand priest of (title of Theban priest), 340
list of gods at, 329
Nile flood at, 226
obelisk and mounds at, 214, 316
temples at, 78, 94, 168, 175, 214, 309, 316, 326, 327
walls at, 76
worship at, 318, 319, 326, 359
=Antares=, symbolised by Serk-t, 329, 360
temples in Greece, 419
=Anu=, Babylonian, astronomical meaning for, 363, 365, 372, 377
=Anubis.= _See_ Set
=Ap=, god of the waters, 7
=Apet=, 290
=Apis=, bull, also Hapi, 229, 330, 396
=Apollinopolis Magna.= _See_ Edfû
=Argus= η, 374
=Aries=, first point of, 53
=Arietis= α, temples oriented to, Grecian, 420
=Armant=, Nile gauge at, 235
=Asari=, 372, 384
=Asti=, name of Thoth, 176
=Aswân=, nilometer at, 234, 235
distances of gauges from, 235
Nile flood, maximum time of, 240
to Rôda, Nile flood, rate of, between, 240
=Aten=, most ancient god, 321
=Athene=, temple of, 329
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