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
Khons-Lunus, Thoth-Lunus, the Goddess
Sesheta 29
The Weighing of the Soul by Horus
and Anubis, in Presence of Osiris 30
Thoth and Sesheta Writing the Name
of Rameses II. on the Fruit of the
Persea 31
Cleopatra as the Goddess Isis 32
Isis (seated) 33
The Rising Sun Horus between Isis and
Nephthys 34
The Goddess Nu-t 35
The Goddess Nu-t represented Double 36
Various Forms of Shu 37
Forms of Ptah, the God of Memphis 38
Apparent Movement of the Stars to an
Observer at the North Pole 40
Apparent Movement of the Stars to an
Observer at the Equator 41
The Celestial Sphere Viewed from a
Middle Latitude 42
A Terrestrial Globe with Wafer attached
to Show the Varying Conditions of
Observation in a Middle Latitude 43
Showing Amplitudes reckoned from the
East or West Points to N.P., North
Point of Horizon, and S.P., South
Point of Horizon 46
Diagram Showing the Various Amplitudes
at which Stars of Different
Declinations Rise and Set in Different
Latitudes 49
Earth and Sun at the Equinoxes 54
Earth and Sun at the Solstices 55
Diagrams Showing Position of the Sun
in Relation to the Zenith of London
at the Northern Winter Solstice and
at the Northern Summer Solstice 56
Azimuth Compass 67
Theodolite for Determining Azimuth
and Altitudes 68
Magnetic Map of the British Isles,
Showing the Variation at Different
Points 71
Plan of the Mounds at Abydos. From
Mariette 74
The Mounds and Obelisk at Annu 76
The Colossi of the Plain at Thebes at
High Nile, Oriented to the Sunrise
at the Winter Solstice 79
Plan of Memphis 80
East and West Pyramids and Temples
at Gîzeh 81
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