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 37
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… … 18 THE DAWN OF ASTROXOMY. [Chap. II. The second revelation was that the walls of these temples,and of many funereal buildings, were, for the most part,covered with inscriptions in the language which was then butgradually emerging from the unknown, its very alphabet andsyllabary being still…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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