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 278
in the vagueyear and the heliacal rising of Sirius at the solstice, so that wecan see at a glance the actual number of years from any start-point (=0) at which the 1st of Thoth in the vague yearoccurred successively further and further from the heliacalrising, until at length, after a period of… … THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 1ST OF THOTH (KEPRESEXTIXG THE RISE OF SIRIUS)AMONG THE EGYPTIAN MONTHS IN THE 1460-YEAR SOTHIC CYCLE. Chap. XXVI.] THE CYCLE-YEAR. 259 end of the fixed year, and that is the reason I have reversedthe order of months in the diagram. Now it is clear that, if the p]gyptians…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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