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 36
eetin height and many hundreds of tons in weight, which it hassince been discovered Avere hewn out of the syenite quarryat Aswan, and floated down the ri^-er to the various phiceswhere they were to be erected. It is not necessary to go to Egypt to see these wonderfulmonoliths, for they have been… … TEMPLE GATE WITH PKUPYLUX AND OBELISKS acquainted with astronomical history and methods, that someof these structures, at all events, may have served as gnomons.Sometimes these temples, instead of being entirely con-structed of stone on a level surface, were either entirely orpartly rock-hewn. Of…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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