In search of cosmic order : selected essays on Egyptian archaeoastronomy /

In search of cosmic order : selected essays on Egyptian archaeoastronomy /

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Corporate Author: Majlis al-Aʻlá lil-Āthār (Egypt)

Other Authors: Belmonte, Juan Antonio, Hawass, Zahi A., Shaltout, M. A. Mosalam.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: [Cairo] : Supreme Council of Antiquities Press, 2009.

Edition: 1st ed.

Subjects:

Archaeoastronomy > Egypt.
Cosmology, Egyptian.

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Call Number: GN799 .A8 I5 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: under ancient Egyptian skies /
  • Mosalam Shaltout & Juan Antonio Belmonte
  • The historical background /
  • Magdi Fekri
  • Astronomical historiography in four movements /
  • Miguel Ángel Molinero Polo
  • The Egyptian calendar : keeping Maʼat on Earth /
  • Juan Antonio Belmonte
  • Astronomical chronology /
  • Rolf Krauss
  • The constellations of ancient Egypt /
  • José Lull & Juan Antonio Belmonte
  • Unveiling Seshat : new insights into the stretching of the cord ceremony /
  • Juan Antonio Belmonte, Miguel Ángel Molinero Polo & Noemi Miranda
  • Astrronomy, landscape and symbolism : a study of the orientation of ancient Egyptian temples /
  • Juan Antonio Belmonte, Mosalam Shaltout & Magdi Fekri
  • The orientation of royal tombs in ancient Egypt /
  • César-González Garcia, Juan Antonio Belmonte & Mosalam Shaltout
  • Pyramids and stars, facts, conjectures and starry tales /
  • Giulio Magli & Juan Antonio Belmonte
  • Epilogue /
  • Juan Antonio Belmonte & Mosalam Shaltout.