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Norman Sir Lockyer. The dawn of astronomy
The dawn of astronomy
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ERRATA
CHAPTER I. THE WORSHIP OF THE SUN AND THE DAWN
CHAPTER II. THE FIRST GLIMPSES OF EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMY
CHAPTER III. THE ASTRONOMICAL BASIS OF THE EGYPTIAN PANTHEON
CHAPTER IV. THE TWO HORIZONS
CHAPTER V. THE YEARLY PATH OF THE SUN-GOD
CHAPTER VI. THE PROBABLE HOR-SHESU WORSHIP
CHAPTER VII. METHODS OF DETERMINING THE ORIENTATION OF TEMPLES
CHAPTER VIII. THE EARLIEST SOLAR SHRINES IN EGYPT
CHAPTER IX. OTHER SIMILAR SHRINES ELSEWHERE
CHAPTER X. THE SOLAR TEMPLE OF AMEN-RĀ AT KARNAK
CHAPTER XI. THE AGE OF THE TEMPLE OF AMEN-RĀ AT KARNAK
CHAPTER XII. THE STARS—THEIR RISINGS AND SETTINGS
CHAPTER XIII. THE EGYPTIAN HEAVENS—THE ZODIACS OF DENDERAH
CHAPTER XIV. THE CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATIONS: THE MYTH OF HORUS
CHAPTER XV. TEMPLES DIRECTED TO THE STARS
CHAPTER XVI. FURTHER INQUIRIES WITH REGARD TO THE STELLAR TEMPLES
CHAPTER XVII. THE BUILDING INSCRIPTIONS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE STAR-TEMPLES AT KARNAK
CHAPTER XIX. THE PERSONIFICATION OF STARS—THE TEMPLE OF ISIS AT DENDERAH
CHAPTER XX. THE PERSONIFICATION OF STARS (CONTINUED)—THE TEMPLE OF HATHOR AT DENDERAH
CHAPTER XXI. STAR-CULTS
CHAPTER XXII. STAR-CULTS (CONTINUED)—AMEN-T AND KHONS
CHAPTER XXIII. THE EGYPTIAN YEAR AND THE NILE
CHAPTER XXIV. THE YEARS OF 360 AND 365 DAYS
CHAPTER XXV. THE VAGUE AND THE SIRIAN YEARS
CHAPTER XXVI. THE SOTHIC CYCLE AND THE USE MADE OF IT
CHAPTER XXVII. THE CALENDAR AND ITS REVISION
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FIXED YEAR AND FESTIVAL CALENDARS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE MYTHOLOGY OF ISIS AND OSIRIS
CHAPTER XXX. THE TEMPLE-STARS
CHAPTER XXXI. THE HISTORY OF SUN-WORSHIP AT ANNU AND THEBES
CHAPTER XXXII. THE EARLY TEMPLE AND GREAT PYRAMID BUILDERS
The Buildings of the Eleventh and Twelfth Dynasties
The Buildings of the Eighteenth Dynasty
The Buildings of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty
Conclusion
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CULT OF NORTHERN AS OPPOSED TO SOUTHERN STARS
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE ORIGIN OF EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMY—THE NORTHERN SCHOOLS
The Annu School. The Worship of Set
The Equinoctial School—The Worship of the Spring-Sun
CHAPTER XXXV. THE ORIGIN OF EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMY (CONTINUED)—THE THEBES SCHOOL
The God of Eridu
The Myths of Horus and Marduk
The Argument touching η Argus
Anthropological Evidence
CHAPTER XXXVI. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH RACES
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE EGYPTIAN AND BABYLONIAN ECLIPTIC CONSTELLATIONS
Tiāmat
The Constellations referred to in the Myth of Marduk and Tiāmat
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE INFLUENCE OF EGYPT UPON TEMPLE-ORIENTATION IN GREECE
INDEX
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