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
=Foundations= of temples, table of dates of, 352
oldest in Egypt, 354
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=Garstin=, Nile rising, average rate of, 240
=Gauges=, Nile, distances from Aswân, 235
heights above sea-level 236
=Gebel Barkal=, 221, 347
pyramids at, 356
temples at, 356
=Gîzeh=, cult at, equinoctial, 85, 359
pyramids of, 12, 82, 336, 363
temples at, 82, 287
=Globe=, to rectify the, 44, 130
precessional, 170
=Gnomon=, 63
=Goat-fish= in Babylonia, 377
=Gondokoro=, 238
=Grébaut=, discoveries at Dêr el-Bahari, 319
=Greece=, orientation of temples in. _See_ Chap. xxxviii. _passim_
=Green Water=, Nile, why it heralds the rise, 238
=Green and Red Nile=, difference of time between, 240
H
=Habenben.= _See_ Sanctuary.
=Hak=, of Pun-t, name for Amen-Rā, 347
=Hāpi=, god of Nile, 147, 229
=Harhouditi=, 349
=Harpocrates= (or Hor or Horus), 24, 26
=Harsiisit=, 349
=Harvest= festivals, 233, 319
=Hathor= = Isis, 210
= Isis = Mut = Methuer, 212
change of representation, 301
connection with hippopotamus, 216
form of, ordinary, 217
generic symbolisms, meaning of, 291
goddess from Pun-t, 347
local cult of, 294
= Mut, 214, 289
name of Sirius, 196
personification of, 210
present views of, 32
represented by Dubhe and γ Draconis, 205, 214
rising of, reference to, 194
southern worship, 349
symbol of, 216, 290, 293
temples of 160, 202, 210
amplitude of, 176, 193, 210
at Abu Simbel, 306
at Denderah, 293
at Dêr el-Bahari, 193, 293
various names for, 211
worshipped in pyramid times, 329
=Hāt-shepset=, queen, 106, 212
expedition to Pun-t, 349
=Heliopolis.= _See_ Annu
=Herodotus=, on temple of Tyre, 161
=Hieroglyphics=, decipherment of, 11
=Hind=, star-places, 170
=Hippopotamus=, connected with Hathor, 178, 216
constellation Draco, 137, 143, 146, 218
in pyramid times, 360
form of Taurt, 146
female, 216
hieroglyph for, 362
represents Mutât Thebes, 216
red, 362
variant of crocodile, 146
wife of Set, 146
=History= of Egypt, first blank in, 331, 337
second blank in, 339
north, first civilisation, 330
=Holy of Holies.= _See_ Sanctuary
=Hommel=, 377
=Horizon=, definition of, 40, 169
=Hor-shesu=, 57, 74, 150, 215, 376
=Horus= or Hor or Harpocrates, 26
= rising sun, 293
= S. Egypt, 345
god from Pun-t, 347, 392
god of the Hor-shesu, 58
hymn to, 26
laughing, 149
meaning of, 148, 149
Northern, 349
myth of, description of, 148-151, 378, 390
red, 149
Southern worship, 349
temple of, 180
and Set, 149
= Set, 149
=Hottentot Venus= in Pun-t, 348
=Hours= (12) of day and night, 342
=Hyksos= period, date of, 338, 339
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=Ía=, 372, 397
Annu, and Bīl, triad, 372
father of Tammuz, 372
legend of, 381
representation of, 384, 397
=Ía-star=, 380
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