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 29
on the flat end of the cylinder; and Plato, on theground that the cube was the most perfect geometrical figure,imagined the earth to be a cube, the part of the earth known tothe Greeks being on the upper surface. In these matters,indeed, the vaunted Greek mind was little in advance of… … THE ROSETTA STONE. (//( the Jirift!<h J/u.irinil.) that Egypt, if we consider her monuments, came first inthe order of time. I have next to show tliat in the earliest JO THE DAWX OF ASTROXOMY. [Chap. ii. monuments we have evidences of the existence and utilisationof astronomical knowledge. It is…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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