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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 38

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ese 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 incomplete. Hence there was not only agreat wealth of temple buildings, but a still more… … THE CENTK.\L PORTION OF THE CIRCULAU ZODIAC OF DENDERAH. third group of finds—were discovered ; these, also, were accom-panied by inscriptions of an obviously astronomical nature. (■uAP. ii.i THE ZODIAC OF DENDERAU. 19 At the first blush, tlien, it seemed to l)e perfectly certainthat we had to deal…

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