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 222
ational data exist; they have not beenpr(>perly measured—that is, we do not know exactly in whatdirection they point or what their amplitudes are; and, furtherwe do not know anything of the horizon at the temple building,so as to be able to make the necessary corrections due toheights of hills.… … OPaKXTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF HATHOR AT DENDEEAH (BIOT). (THE TEMPLEor OSIRIS ON THE ROOF IS ALSO SHOWN OX A LARGER SCALE.) that is, the brightest star, of the constellation of the Great Bearas we now know it, was the one referred to, and that the cordwas stretched to the star on the horizon. The…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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