THE DAWN OF ASTRONOMY: A Study Of The Temple Worship & Mythology Of The Ancient Egyptians
by J. Norman Lockyer
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www.sacredscience.com Sacred Science Institute. 2006. Deluxe Hardcover Facsimile Edition Privately Printed. H Hard Cover Maroon Suede Guilt. New. Exact Facsimile Reprint of Original Edition Published: 1890. 432p. Profusely Illustrated. Contents: Worship Of Sun & Dawn; First Glimpses Of Egyptian Astronomy; Astronomical Basis Of Egyptian Pantheon; Two Horizons; Yearly Path Of Sun-God; Probable Hor-Shesu Worship; Methods Of Determining The Orientation Of Temples; Earliest Solar Shrines In Egypt; Similar Shrines Elsewhere; Solar Temple Of Amen-Ra At Karnak; Age Of Temple Of Amen-Ra At Karnak; Stars - Risings & Settings; Egyptian Heavens - Zodiacs Of Denderah; Circumpolar Constellations: Myth Of Horus; Temples Directed To Stars; Stellar Temples; Building Inscriptions; Star Temples At Karnak; Personification Of Stars; Temple Of Isis & Hathor; Star- Cults; Amen-T & Khons; Egyptian Year & Nile; Years Of 360 & 365 Days; Vague & Sirian Years; Sothic Cycle & Its Use; Calendar & Revisions; Fixed Year & Festival Calendars; Isis & Osiris; Temple-Stars; History Of Sun Worship; Early Temple & Great Pyramid Builders; Cult Of Northern Vs. Southern Stars; Origins Of Egyptian Astronomy - Northern & Thebes Schools; Conclusions As To North & South Races; Egyptian & Babylonian Ecliptic Constellations; Influence Of Egypt Upon Temple Orientation In Greece.
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- Sacred Science Institute (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 160
- Title
- THE DAWN OF ASTRONOMY: A Study Of The Temple Worship & Mythology Of The Ancient Egyptians
- Author
- J. Norman Lockyer
- Format/Binding
- H Hard Cover Maroon Suede Guilt
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Deluxe Hardcover Facsimile Edition Privately Printed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- www.sacredscience.com Sacred Science Institute
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- METAPHYSICS EGYPT ASTRONOMY TIME CYCLES ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Metaphysics; Metaphysics Sacred Science Publications; Sacred Science Publications Metaphysics;
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Sacred Science Institute
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Santa Barbara, California
About Sacred Science Institute
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