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 175
not changetheir apparent places in the heavens—accurately speaking, theirdeclinations—and, therefore, the amplitudes at which theyappear to rise and set, then, of course, a temple consecratedto Sirius ten thousand years ago would view the rising orsetting of Sirius now as it did then. But, as a… … than it is in the case of the sun, referred to in Chapters VI. andXI. ; but still we have seen that the latter is one which has tobe reckoned with the moment it becomes a question of inquiryinto any time far removed from the present. Hence, although in the case of the sun, there is, of course,no…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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