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"The Dawn of Astronomy" by Sir Norman Lockyer is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book explores the early astronomical views and practices of ancient Egyptians, focusing particularly on their temple worship and mythology. Lockyer aims to uncover how the orientation of temples and their associated astronomical knowledge contributed to the development of civilization in Egypt." The opening portion of the text serves as a preface where Lockyer outlines the significant advancements in astronomy and the scientific methods that have shaped our understanding of celestial phenomena. He emphasizes the pivotal role of ancient Egyptian civilization in early astronomy, noting that knowledge of celestial bodies emerged from their religious practices and temple constructions. Lockyer shares his personal journey that led him to investigate the astronomical orientations of temples and their possible connections to mythology, hinting at the broader inquiries he hopes to pursu

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The enormous advance which has been recently made in our astronomical
knowledge, and in our power of investigating the various bodies which
people space, is to a very great extent due to the introduction of
methods of work and ideas from other branches of science.

Much of the recent progress has been, we may indeed say, entirely
dependent upon the introduction of the methods of inquiry to which
I refer. While this is generally recognised, it is often forgotten
that a knowledge of even elementary astronomy may be of very great
assistance to students of other branches of science; in other words,
that astronomy is well able to pay her debt. Amongst those branches
is obviously that which deals with man's first attempts to grasp the
meaning and phenomena of the universe in which he found himself before
any scientific methods were available to him; before he had any idea of
the origins or the conditionings of the things around him.

In the present volume I propose to give an account of some attempts I
have been making in my leisure moments during the past three years to
see whether any ideas could be obtained as to the early astronomical
views of the Egyptians, from a study of their temples and the mythology
connected with the various cults.

How I came to take up this inquiry may be gathered from the following
statement:--

It chanced that in March, 1890, during a brief holiday, I went to the
Levant. I went with a good friend, who, one day when we were visiting
the ruins of the Parthenon, and again when we found ourselves at the
temple at Eleusis, lent me his pocket-compass. The curious direction
in which the Parthenon was built, and the many changes of direction in
the foundations at Eleusis revealed by the French excavations, were
so very striking and suggestive that I th

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