Architecture, astronomy and sacred landscape in ancient Egypt /
This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history, focusing on the fundamental role of astronomy in the creation of the pyramids and the monumental temple and burial complexes. Bringing to bear the analytical tools of archaeoastronomy, a...
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Cambridge :
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2013.
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Table of Contents:
- A land for eternity
- A king who looks at the stars
- The lords of the horizon
- A mirage from Heliopolis
- Sons of the sun god
- The lost pyramid
- Renaissance at the winter solstice
- A valley for the kings
- The Horizon of the Aten
- The last of the greats.
