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 388
e stonewas procurable, as at Palmyra, Baall^ek, Jerusalem, all lie eastand west. But more than this, it is well known that from the veryearliest times pyramidal structures, called ziggurats, some 150feet high, were erected in each important city. These werereally observatories; they were p^ramids… … STATUE OF CHEPHREN, FOUND IN THE TEMPLE NEAR THE SPHINX. Chap, xxxiv.j AX IXTEUSIOX FROM BAJiYLOXIA. 3G9 A careful stud} of the liistoiieal references to the variouspyramids built in Egypt leaves it beyond doubt that thestep pyramids are the oldest. They could, then, most easilyhave been…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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