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Read Ebook: The dawn of astronomy A study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians by Lockyer Norman Sir
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PREFACE vii
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The Rosetta Stone 9
Temple of Edf?, looking East; showing Pylon and Outer Court 13
Great Court of Heaven, at the Entrance to the Hathor Temple at Denderah 15
Temple Gate with Propylon and Obelisks 16
Hathor Temple of D?r el-Bahari 17
The Central Portion of the Circular Zodiac of Denderah 18
Tablet of Kings at Abydos 21
Harpocrates 23
R?, Min-R?; Amen-R? 24
Sebak-R?, Chnemu-R? 25
Anubis, or Set, Anubis-Osiris, Osiris 26
Osiris seated 27
Various Forms of Bes--as Warrior, Musician, and Buffoon 28
Khons-Lunus, Thoth-Lunus, the Goddess Sesheta 29
The Weighing of the Soul by Horus and Anubis, in Presence of Osiris 30
Cleopatra as the Goddess Isis 32
Isis 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 G?zeh 81
Temple and Temenos Walls of Tanis 82
Temple and Temenos Walls of Sa?s 83
The Temple near the Sphinx, looking West , Showing its relation to the South Face of the Second Pyramid 84
Stonehenge, from the North 90
Stonehenge Restored 91
Plan of St. Peter's at Rome, Showing the Door Facing the Sunrise 96
St. Peter's at Rome; Fa?ade Facing the East 97
Axis of the Temple of Amen-R? from the Western Pylon, Looking South-East 100
Plan of the Temple of Amen-R? and some of its Surroundings, Including the Sacred Lake 101
View to the South-West from the Sacred Lake of Amen-R? 103
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