The dawn of astronomy; a study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians (1894)
Lockyer, Joseph Norman,Sir,1836-1920 · London, Cassell · leaf 100
80 THE DA ]yx OF ASTRONOMY [(IIAI. YIII. We have seen that it did not require any great amount ofastronomical knowledge to determine either the moment of thesolstice or the moment of the equinox. The most natural thing … PLAN OF MEMPHIS. (^Frum Lcpviux.) to besrin with was the observation of the solstice, for the reasonthat at the solstice the sun can be watched day after day gettingmore and more north or more and more south until it comes toa standstill. But for the observation of the equinox, of course, Chap,…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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