The Dawn of Astronomy

About this eBook

Author

Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920

Title

The dawn of astronomy A study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient Egyptians

Credits

Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QB: Science: Astronomy

Subject

Sun -- Mythology

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64849

Release Date

March 17, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber's Notes
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.THE DAWN OF ASTRONOMY
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.CONTENTS.
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
8. 8.ERRATA.
9. 9.CHAPTER I. THE WORSHIP OF THE SUN AND THE DAWN.
10. 10.CHAPTER II. THE FIRST GLIMPSES OF EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMY.
11. 11.CHAPTER III. THE ASTRONOMICAL BASIS OF THE EGYPTIAN PANTHEON.
12. 12.CHAPTER IV. THE TWO HORIZONS.
13. 13.CHAPTER V. THE YEARLY PATH OF THE SUN-GOD.
14. 14.CHAPTER VI. THE PROBABLE HOR-SHESU WORSHIP.
15. 15.CHAPTER VII. METHODS OF DETERMINING THE ORIENTATION OF TEMPLES.
16. 16.CHAPTER VIII. THE EARLIEST SOLAR SHRINES IN EGYPT.
17. 17.CHAPTER IX. OTHER SIMILAR SHRINES ELSEWHERE.
18. 18.CHAPTER X. THE SOLAR TEMPLE OF AMEN-RĀ AT KARNAK.
19. 19.CHAPTER XI. THE AGE OF THE TEMPLE OF AMEN-RĀ AT KARNAK.
20. 20.CHAPTER XII. THE STARS—THEIR RISINGS AND SETTINGS.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII. THE EGYPTIAN HEAVENS—THE ZODIACS OF DENDERAH.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV. THE CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATIONS: THE MYTH OF HORUS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XV. TEMPLES DIRECTED TO THE STARS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVI. FURTHER INQUIRIES WITH REGARD TO THE STELLAR TEMPLES.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVII. THE BUILDING INSCRIPTIONS.
26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII. THE STAR-TEMPLES AT KARNAK.
27. 27.CHAPTER XIX. THE PERSONIFICATION OF STARS—THE TEMPLE OF ISIS AT DENDERAH.
28. 28.CHAPTER XX. THE PERSONIFICATION OF STARS (CONTINUED)—THE TEMPLE OF HATHOR AT DENDERAH.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXI. STAR-CULTS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXII. STAR-CULTS (CONTINUED)—AMEN-T AND KHONS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIII. THE EGYPTIAN YEAR AND THE NILE.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIV. THE YEARS OF 360 AND 365 DAYS.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXV. THE VAGUE AND THE SIRIAN YEARS.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVI. THE SOTHIC CYCLE AND THE USE MADE OF IT.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVII. THE CALENDAR AND ITS REVISION.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FIXED YEAR AND FESTIVAL CALENDARS.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXIX. THE MYTHOLOGY OF ISIS AND OSIRIS.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXX. THE TEMPLE-STARS.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXI. THE HISTORY OF SUN-WORSHIP AT ANNU AND THEBES.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXII. THE EARLY TEMPLE AND GREAT PYRAMID BUILDERS. — The Buildings of the Eleventh and Twelfth Dynasties. — The Buildings of the Eighteenth Dynasty. — The Buildings of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. — Conclusion.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CULT OF NORTHERN AS OPPOSED TO SOUTHERN STARS.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE ORIGIN OF EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMY—THE NORTHERN SCHOOLS. — The Annu School. The Worship of Set. — The Equinoctial School—The Worship of the Spring-Sun.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXV. THE ORIGIN OF EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMY (CONTINUED)—THE THEBES SCHOOL. — The God of Eridu. — The Myths of Horus and Marduk. — The Argument touching η Argus . — Anthropological Evidence.
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVI. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH RACES.
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXVII. THE EGYPTIAN AND BABYLONIAN ECLIPTIC CONSTELLATIONS. — Tiāmat. — The Constellations referred to in the Myth of Marduk and Tiāmat.
46. 46.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE INFLUENCE OF EGYPT UPON TEMPLE-ORIENTATION IN GREECE.
47. 47.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES:

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