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 219
e brightest of them all, and there is complete evidencethat Sirius was not the star first so used.^ 1 Besides the solstice and the beginning of the Nile flood, there was an event in the skywhich was too striking not to excite the geneial attention of the Egy2)tian priesthood. Wealso know from the… … 200 THE DAWN OF ASTROKOMY. [Cap. xix. The astronomical conditions of the rising of this star have,fortunately for us, been most minutely studied both by Biotand, in more recent times, by Oppolzer, and from theirlabours it seems to be abundantly clear that tlie rising* of Siriusat the solstice was…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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