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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 162

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allythe Egyptologist has now chapter and verse for many things inthe zodiac of Denderah dating 1,000 years before the periodassigned to it by Biot. The next point to notice is connected with the astronomicaldrawings \sdiich have been found in the Ramesseum at Thebes—-drawings which also have very… … !llll!lllllllililillllIIJiHiilgililil!iilill[ii, Chap XIII.] RAMESSEUM IXSCRIPTIOXS. 143 of tlie constellation of tlie Tliigli. There is certainly theclosest connection between the two sets of delineations. Biot set himself to investigate what was the probable dateto which the inscriptions in the…

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