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 435
t stages of magnificence. But in the Greek temple Chap. XXXVIII.] THE GREEK PJiOPYLJJUM. 415 this is entirely chano-ecl; the approach to the temple wasoutside—witness the glorious propylseum of the Parthenon atAthens—the temple representing, so to speak, only the core,the Holy of Holies, of the… … THE EAST FRONT OF THE PARTHENON, FACING THE RISING OF THE PLEIADES. The massive pylons of some of the Egyptian temples wereuseful for shading the roofless outer courts. In Greece thesewere no longer useful. The east front of the Parthenon very mucli more re-sembles the temple of Denderah than it…
Astronomy, Egyptian · Temples · Sun worship
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