INDEX.

A
Aāhmes, King, [339]
Abd el-Latîf, [12]
Abu Shahrên, [371]
Abu Simbel, [16], [306]
Abydos, mounds and temples at, [74], [99], [175], [214], [338], [393]
sanctity of, [327]
Achernar, [381]
Adytum. See Sanctuary
Africa E., [373]
Agni, god of fire, [7]
Ahura-Mazda or Ormuzd, [6]
Air, god of, [33]
Āk, [176], [205]
Amada, [311]
Amen, confraternity of, [319]
worship of, [189]
temples dedicated to, [220], [222]
Amen-t, Hathor Temple, [306]
wife of Amen, [222]
star symbol, [223]
Amen-Rā, Hak of Pun-t, [347]
obelisks to, [106]
Southern worship, [319]
temples of, [25], [75], [78], [99], [223], [351], [354]
date of, [119]
direction of axis of, [78]
growth of, [188]
restoration of,108
See also Karnak
Amenemhāt I., [77], [175], [338]
Amen-hetep I., [221]
Amen-hetep III., Mut Temple, [213]
Karnak Temple B, builder of, [189]
quarrel with Theban priests, [321]
Amen-hetep IV., date of, [321]
conservatism of, [320]
leaves Thebes, [321]
builds Tell el-Amarna, [323]
Amenti, [35]
Amplitude, [46]
Amplitudes, of temples, [59], [67], [170], [309]
at Annu, [168]
at Denderah, [168], [210]
at Karnak, [47], [160], [168], [171], [189]
tables of, [305], [306], [311], [312], [318]
Amru, description of Egypt, [230]
Amsu. See Min
An, and god Anu, [363]
Anaximander, [8]
Ancestors, divine, [327]
Annu, [74]
grand priest of (title of Theban priest), [340]
list of gods at, [329]
Nile flood at, [226]
obelisk and mounds at, [214], [316]
temples at, [78], [94], [168], [175], [214], [309], [316], [326], [327]
walls at, [76]
worship at, [318], [319], [326], [359]
Antares, symbolised by Serk-t, [329], [360]
temples in Greece, [419]
Anu, Babylonian, astronomical meaning for, [363], [365], [372], [377]
Anubis. See Set
Ap, god of the waters, [7]
Apet, [290]
Apis, bull, also Hapi, [229], [330], [396]
Apollinopolis Magna. See Edfû
Argus η, [374]
Aries, first point of, [53]
Arietis α, temples oriented to, Grecian, [420]
Armant, Nile gauge at, [235]
Asari, [372], [384]
Asti, name of Thoth, [176]
Aswân, nilometer at, [234], [235]
distances of gauges from, [235]
Nile flood, maximum time of, [240]
to Rôda, Nile flood, rate of, between, [240]
Aten, most ancient god, [321]
Athene, temple of, [329]
Athens, Parthenon at, propylæum of, [415]
Atmu, Tmu, or Osiris, [25], [26], [295]
Axis of temples, [169], [173]
changes in, [163]
Azimuths, [46]
Azimuth compass, [67]
B
Baal, hieroglyph for, [361], [362]
Baalbek, structural origin, [92], [94], [367]
Babylonia, ancient cities in, modern sites of, [86]
Anu and Bīl, [365]
kings of, [369]
state of astronomy [300] B.C., [3]
temple structures in, [367]
unit of time in, [227]
ziggurats, [367]
Bast, symbolised star γ Draconis, [290]
Bear, Great, represented by Thigh, [137], [146], [216]
Little, represented by Jackal, [137], [146]
Bel, temple of, [380]
Berenice, road between Edfû and, [208]
Bêrôssus, [381]
Bes, [28], [368]
Bīl, [363], [372], [377]
Bilfinger, star tables, [409]
Biot, ancient star places, calculation of, [129]
Denderah, inscriptions, [139], [193]
observing conditions in Egypt, [122]
precessional globe of, [170]
Ramesseum inscriptions, date of, [143]
risings, heliacal, of Sirius, [200], [210], [249], [253], [254], [262]
Boeckh, date of King Mena, [22]
Botta, [87]
Bouriant, [183], [220]
Boussard, [111]
Brugsch, Amen-Rā's ancestors, [355]
book on calendars, [282]
Denderah inscriptions, [141]
date of Mena, [22]
Rameses III., [221]
Thothmes III, [189], [261]
Usertsen I., [215]
Edfû, temple at, alignment of, [179]
Egyptian history, [344]
furniture of sanctuaries, [112]
Gîzeh-pyramids, [363]
Hippopotamus, constellation, [216]
Hyksos period, [339]
inscription at Philæ, [261]
Silsilis, [263]
Karnak temple, [116]
location of Pun-t, [348]
pyramid, oldest, date of, [369]
Sothic Cycle, [259]
temple-foundations, [354]
Bubastis, antiquity of, [82], [333]
Isis temple at, [329]
Budge, Dr. Wallis, [85], [208], [240]
Bull, constellation of, pyramid period, [360], [403], [404]
Bunsen, [22], [148], [384]
C
Cairo, Nile flood, time of, [233], [240]
Calah, ancient Nimrûd, [86]
Calendar, Alexandrine reform, date of, [281]
Egyptian, chief use of, [282]
Canopus, decree of, [270]
Canopus (α Argus), [280], [281]
early observations, [312], [360]
heralded autumnal equinox, [342]
temples to, amplitudes of, [311]
Capella observed at Annu, [316], [360]
personified by Ptah, [318]
temples to, amplitudes and dates, [312], [354]
Capricornus, [372], [378]
Censorinus, [267]
Centauri α, temples to, [308], [351], [354], [360]
Chabas, [173], [174]
Champollion, [10], [11], [73]
Cheops. See Chufu
Chephren, [327], [346], [369]
China, early astronomical observations, [4]
Chnemu, [35], [384]
Rā, [25], [319], [385], [389]
Chufu, [12], [204], [336]
Churches, architecture, Scott on, [96]
orientation of, [96]
Colossi at Thebes, [78]
Columbæ α. See Phact
Compass, Azimuth, [67]
Constellations, early names for, [42], [133], [397], [399], [407]
northern, called Set, [149]
Country, double, meaning of, [345]
Cow = Star Sirius, [218]
Crocodile, variant of hippopotamus, [146]
Crown, double, [345]
Cubit, Babylonian, [370]
Cults, change of, [300]
origin of Egyptian, [371]
northern and southern, [225]
Cycle, Sothic, beginning of, [262]
Cynocephalus ape from Pun-t, [348]
D
Dakkeh, temple at, [341], [354]
Darkness, gods of, [27], [28]
Dashûr, blunted pyramid at, [233], [336]
Dawn, flames of, Tefnut, [36]
goddess of, Sechet, [31]
gods, hymn to, [7]
Isis, [29]
names for, [7]
representation of Nephthys, [31]
risings at, [148]
Declination, definition of, [45]
Declinations, corresponding amplitudes, [170]
Delta, Hawk-god of, [349]
Denderah, example of second group of temples, [14]
Hathor temple, [160], [193], [293], [319], [354]
Isis temple, [193]
date of, [197]
oriented to Sirius, [304]
inscriptions at, [141]
meaning, [138], [173]
Set worship at, [310]
temples at, amplitudes, [168], [176]
variants of Hathor in, [211]
zodiacs of, [19], [134], [146]
Deodorus, [12]
Dêr el-Bahari, temple of, orientation of, [16], [212]
cult of Hathor, [293]
inscriptions at, [319], [348]
De Rougé. See Rougé
Devas, [6]
Djigan, mounds at, [86]
Draco, constellation of, forms of, [137], [146]
Draconis γ, temples to, [310], [354]
Dubhe, Āk refers to, [176], [203]
Āk, meaning of, [176]
Dümichen, antiquity of This, [327]
building inscriptions, [173]
Denderah temple, [204]
Edfû, temple at, alignment of, [179]
Hathor, cult of, [294]
Put-Ser, meaning of, [178]
Dumuzi. See Tammuz, [372]
Dupuis, [138], [143], [180], [379]
Dur Sarginu, [86]
Dyaus, [7]
Dynasties, divine, [326]
Dyotanâ, [7]
E
Ea. See Ía
Earth, axis of, [126]
emblem of, [33]
god of, [7]
shape of, [8]
Ebers, antiquity of This, [327]
old roads to Red Sea, [208]
Rôda nilometer, [235]
the Denderah crypts, [204]
Ecliptic, obliquity of, [53]
pole of, Babylonian observations, [363]
plane of, [52]
Edfû, early temple at, [311], [360]
festival calendar at, [282]
Hawk-god of, [349]
inscriptions at, temple axis, [173], [179], [284]
month-table at, [275]
names for Hathor, [211]
road between Berenice and, [208]
temple of, [14], [106], [181]
date of, [363], [376]
orientation of, [178], [179], [180]
Edkins, Sun-temple at Pekin, [88]
El-Mamun, [12]
Entenna, [369]
Epacts (or Epagomena), [247]
Epping, [3], [407]
Equator, pole of, Babylonian name for, [365]
Equinoxes, [54], [57], [62]
established in pyramid times, [329]
Eridu, [371]
colonisation of, [374], [385]
god of, [372], [377]
Esne, feast calendars of, [282]
inscription at, [284]
Ethiopia, early history of, [345]
exile of Theban priests to, [340]
return of Theban priests from, [340]
Eudoxus, sphere of, [139]
Euphrates, god sacred to, [229]
rise of, [85], [230], [267]
F
Fayyûm, pyramids, [339]
Fire, god of, [7]
Fitz-Gerald, agriculture in Africa, [273]
Flandin, plans of Khorsabad, [87]
Foundation-stone, laying of, [173], [175]
Foundations of temples, table of dates of, [352]
oldest in Egypt, [354]
G
Garstin, Nile rising, average rate of, [240]
Gauges, Nile, distances from Aswân, [235]
heights above sea-level [236]
Gebel Barkal, [221], [347]
pyramids at, [356]
temples at, [356]
Gîzeh, cult at, equinoctial, [85], [359]
pyramids of, [12], [82], [336], [363]
temples at, [82], [287]
Globe, to rectify the, [44], [130]
precessional, [170]
Gnomon, [63]
Goat-fish in Babylonia, [377]
Gondokoro, [238]
Grébaut, discoveries at Dêr el-Bahari, [319]
Greece, orientation of temples in. See Chap. xxxviii. passim
Green Water, Nile, why it heralds the rise, [238]
Green and Red Nile, difference of time between, [240]
H
Habenben. See Sanctuary.
Hak, of Pun-t, name for Amen-Rā, [347]
Hāpi, god of Nile, [147], [229]
Harhouditi, [349]
Harpocrates (or Hor or Horus), [24], [26]
Harsiisit, [349]
Harvest festivals, [233], [319]
Hathor = Isis, [210]
= Isis = Mut = Methuer, [212]
change of representation, [301]
connection with hippopotamus, [216]
form of, ordinary, [217]
generic symbolisms, meaning of, [291]
goddess from Pun-t, [347]
local cult of, [294]
= Mut, [214], [289]
name of Sirius, [196]
personification of, [210]
present views of, [32]
represented by Dubhe and γ Draconis, [205], [214]
rising of, reference to, [194]
southern worship, [349]
symbol of, [216], [290], [293]
temples of [160], [202], [210]
amplitude of, [176], [193], [210]
at Abu Simbel, [306]
at Denderah, [293]
at Dêr el-Bahari, [193], [293]
various names for, [211]
worshipped in pyramid times, [329]
Hāt-shepset, queen, [106], [212]
expedition to Pun-t, [349]
Heliopolis. See Annu
Herodotus, on temple of Tyre, [161]
Hieroglyphics, decipherment of, [11]
Hind, star-places, [170]
Hippopotamus, connected with Hathor, [178], [216]
constellation Draco, [137], [143], [146], [218]
in pyramid times, [360]
form of Taurt, [146]
female, [216]
hieroglyph for, [362]
represents Mutât Thebes, [216]
red, [362]
variant of crocodile, [146]
wife of Set, [146]
History of Egypt, first blank in, [331], [337]
second blank in, [339]
north, first civilisation, [330]
Holy of Holies. See Sanctuary
Hommel, [377]
Horizon, definition of, [40], [169]
Hor-shesu, [57], [74], [150], [215], [376]
Horus or Hor or Harpocrates, [26]
= rising sun, [293]
= S. Egypt, [345]
god from Pun-t, [347], [392]
god of the Hor-shesu, [58]
hymn to, [26]
laughing, [149]
meaning of, [148], [149]
Northern, [349]
myth of, description of, [148]-151, [378], [390]
red, [149]
Southern worship, [349]
temple of, [180]
and Set, [149]
= Set, [149]
Hottentot Venus in Pun-t, [348]
Hours (12) of day and night, [342]
Hyksos period, date of, [338], [339]
I
Ía, [372], [397]
Annu, and Bīl, triad, [372]
father of Tammuz, [372]
legend of, [381]
representation of, [384], [397]
Ía-star, [380]
Ideler, heliacal risings, [121]
length of year, [244]
India, temples in, age of, [2]
Indra, [7]
Inundation of Nile, [233], [234]
Isis = Hathor, [210], [217]
= Mut = Hathor = Methuer, [212]
change of representation, [301]
form of, at Saïs, [329]
generic symbolisms, [291], [293]
mythology of, complete, [293], [388]
name for Sirius, [196], [210]
nursing Horus, meaning of, [292]
pyramid temples, [293], [329]
present ideas of, [29]
temples of, amplitude of, [82], [206], [210]
Denderah, [83], [193], [210]
date of, [197]
Isis-Sati, [218]
Isis-Sothis, [217]
J
Jackal, constellation of, [137], [143], [146], [361]
of Set, [146]
Jensen, Ía-star, [380]
Kosmologie der Babylonier, [360], [396], [397], [405]
pole of ecliptic, early Babylonian observations, [363]
reference to "Jackal," [362]
Scorpio, [405]
sun-god, Tammuz, [372]
Marduk, [397], [405]
Tiāmat, [397]
the god Ía, [372]
zodiacal constellations, [400]
Jerusalem, temples at, equinoctial, [92], [367]
Josephus, temple at Jerusalem, [92]
K
Kahi, revelation of, feast of, [282]
Kakau, worship of Apis, [330]
Kali = Koloë, [351]
Karnak, inscriptions at, temple axis, [173]
observations at, solstice, [117]
orientation of, solstitial, [72]
north star, [354]
temples at, [14], [75]
temples at, amplitudes of, [160], [168]
date of, Mariette, [113]
description of, [100], [102]
Amen-Ra at, [78], [99]
Amen-Rā, temple of, date of, [119]
temple B, [187], [189]
amplitude of, [189]
temple L, [115], [183], [185]
date of, [116], [184]
amplitude of, [189]
Brugsch on, [116]
temple M, [115], [183]
date of, [184]
γ Draconis, [184]
temple of Mut (X), [187], [188], [213]
builder of, [189]
temple of Ptah, [317], [354]
temple of Spica, [313]
temple T, amplitude of, [189]
date of, [186]
temple V, orientation, [308]
temple W, [187]
Kemball, Sir A.,
agriculture of E. Africa, [273]
Khem. See Min
Khnum. See Chnemu
Khons, or Khonsu, connection with Canopus, [296]
how represented, [223]
personification of, [296]
Southern worship, [349], [393]
temple of, [182], [223], [224], [296]
measures of, [185], [310]
Khons-lunus, [29], [393]
Khorsabad, mounds at, [36], [87]
Khu-en-Aten. See Amen-hetep IV.
Kirk, Sir John, on pile-dwellings in Central Africa, [348]
Koptos, high road between Red Sea and, [208]
Kouyunjik, mounds of, [86]
Krall, quoted, [257], [263]
change of signs, [269]
festival calendar at Edfû, [282]
king's reign, time of commencement, [259]
length of year, [244]
month Pachons, [284]
mythology of the sun, [279]
oldest month-list, [275]
the week, [226]
L
Lanzoni, variant for Hathor, [211]
Chnemu, [384]
Latitude, terrestrial definition of, [52]
celestial, [52]
Lenormant, [4]
Lepsius, work on the monuments of Egypt, [73]
date of Mena, [22]
Eridu, [374]
Karnak temples, [116], [187], [213], [306]
Thothmes III., date of, [261]
temple of Amen-Rā, [99]
temple at Heliopolis, [75]
the week, [226]
Letronne, Denderah inscriptions, [138]
Leverrier, [256]
Lion, early Babylonian mythology, [402]
Lockyer, W. J. S., calculation of star tables, [170]
Longitude, celestial, [52]
terrestrial, definition of, [52]
Luxor, temple at, [166], [328]
Lyons, Capt., R.E., measures at Annu, [76]
Memphis, [317]
Wady Halfa, [358]
M
Maāt, relation to Rā, [32], [36]
Makrīzi, Rôda nilometer, [235]
Marduk = spring-sun, [373], [397]
destroys winter gods, [377]
myth of, [375]
temple of, ceremony at, [366]
and Tiāmat, myth of, [377], [378], [398]
Mariette, Amen-Rā, temple of, growth of, [115], [188]
Denderah temples, [193]
Hyksos period, [339]
Karnak temples, [113], [183], [184], [187]
location of Pun-t, [348]
Mena, date of, [337]
modern Theban temples, [186]
pyramids, [363], [369]
Sothis, [212]
Masnitiu or Masniu of Edfû, [349]
Maspero, Baal worship at Memphis, [361]
building of Annu, [77], [326]
discoveries at Dêr el-Bahari, [319]
divine dynasties, [392]
the land of Pun-t, [347]
length of year, [244]
location of land of Pun-t, [347]
origin of southern Horus, [349]
priestcraft, [111]
sanctity of Abydos, [327]
Sirius in pyramid times, [209]
Max Müller, age of Indian temples, [2]
sunrise and sunset, [23]
Vedas, [5]
Mazzaroth, meaning of, [133]
Medînet-Habû, [169]
temples at, [163], [220]
orientation dates, [221]
Mêdûm, pyramid of, [335], [337]
Memphis, Nile flood at, [226]
pyramids of, [82], [83]
temple of Sutech, [361]
Baal, [361]
Ptah, [248], [317]
worship, [318]
Memphis and Thebes, Nile flood, rate of, between, [240]
Mena or Menes, [22], [230], [326]
date of reign, [74], [115], [337]
worship of Apis, [330]
Menthu, [339]
Merchet or Merech, [179]
Meridian, astronomical, [69]
magnetic, [70], [71]
Meröe, [344], [347], [356]
Mestha, god, [147]
Mesχet = Thigh, q.v.
Methuer = Mut = Isis = Hathor, [212]
Midnight, risings at, [148]
Min or Khem, connection with Spica, [25], [297], [319]
temple dedicated to, [297]
Moncrieff, Sir Colin Scott, [117]
Months, names for Egyptian, [233]
Moon-gods, [28], [29], [389], [392], [393]
Osiris representation, [137]
worship, [379]
stations, Egyptian equivalents, [37]
Mosul, mounds of, [86]
Mul-lil, [372]
Mut = Hathor, [214]
= Isis = Hathor = Methuer, [212]
Hathor worship, [214]
mistress of darkness, [344]
represented by hippopotamus, [216]
γ Draconis, [214]
symbolised γ Draconis, [289], [290]
temple of, [75], [182], [191], [294], [318]
associated with Spica, [320]
date of, [213], [214]
Myths, Babylonian, [377]
Egyptian and Babylonian, compared, [377]
of Horus, [148], [390]
of Marduk and Tiāmat, [375], [377], [378], [398]
N
Naga, buildings at, [347]
Naos. See Sanctuary
Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, [10]
Naram-Sin, king, date of, [369]
Naville, Horus, myth of, [148], [153], [390]
Nebuchadnezzar II., ziggurat at Babylon, [367]
Nephthys, [31], [35]
in pyramid times, [329]
Nergal, son of Ía and Duazag. [373]
= spring sun, [373]
= midsummer sun, [373]
Neshem, [31]
New year's day, variation in date of, [250]
Nigidius Figulus, [248]
Nile Flood, at Aswân, [240]
at Cairo, [233], [240]
rate of, [240]
gauges, [235]
gauge of, heights above sea-level, [236]
at Armant, [235]
at Aswân, [235]
at Asyût, [235]
at Suhag, [235]
god sacred to, [229]
inundation, effects of, [226], [232]
red, [238]
rise of, appearance of, [238]
at Rôda, [237]
average rate of, [240]
description of, [241]
festival of, [198]
importance of, [228]
indication of, [237]
phenomena coincident with, [249]
rate of, [240]
warnings of, [239]
green water at, why it heralds rise, [238]
colour, origin of, [237]
time of, rising, [85], [230]
Nilometer at Aswân, [234]
Nimrûd, mounds at, [86]
modern Calah, [86]
Ninib, sun-god, [375]
Nissen on temple building, [173], [175]
Nubia, mode of telling time at night, [342]
Nuri, buildings at, [347], [356]
Nu-t or Nu, [32], [33]
double representation of [34]
relation to Seb, [35]
O
Oannes. See Ía
Obelisk, at Annu, orientation of, [214], [326]
Obliquity of ecliptic, values of, [113]
Observations of stars daily as opposed to yearly, [341]
On. See Annu
Oppolzer, risings, heliacal of Sirius, [200], [249], [253], [268]
Orion, constellation of, [137], [143]
Ormuzd or Ahura-Mazda, [6]
Osborn, the Nile, [232], [238]
Osiris in Book of the Dead, [28], [35]
hymn to, [26]
mythology of, [296]
representation of, [137]
moon-god, [389]
sunset-god, [25]
southern worship, [349]
temples of, [187]
at Abydos, [338]
bowls at, [248]
direction of orientation, [82], [206], [393]
Tmu or Atmu, [295]
traced in Babylonia, [334], [377]
= waning moon, [297]
P
Padoramen priest, titles of, [340]
Palmyra, temples at, equinoctial, [92], [94], [367]
Parthenon at Athens, [164], [415], [416]
Parthey, [216]
Patah. See Ptah
Pekin, sun temple at, [88], [89]
Penrose on Greek temples, [98], and chap. xxxviii, passim
Pepi, King, date of, [207], [262], [337]
restoration of Denderah, [204]
temple foundations, [354]
Period, Sothic, [256]
Petrie, Flinders, on Stonehenge, [90]
Mêdûm pyramid, [335], [337]
Tell-el-Amarna, [323]
Phact (α Columbæ), [82], [354], [360], [381]
Philæ, Chnemu at, [384]
inscription at, [261]
Isis-Sati at, [218]
temples at, [73]
early to Canopus, [311], [360]
Pierret, hieroglyph of hippopotamus, [362]
Pile dwellings in Pun-t, [348]
Pisces, [378]
Place, on Assyria, [86]
Pleiades, temples oriented to, in Greece, [419], [424]
Pompeii, temple of Isis at, [320]
Precession, cause of, [124], [126]
effects of, [23], [123], [157]
model illustrating, [125]
Priests, Theban, hatred of Set, [319]
Prithivī, earth god, [7]
Ptah, connection with Capella, [296]
in pyramid times, [329]
god of Memphis, [153], [318]
personification of, [296]
temples of, [248], [296], [317]
Pun-t, Hak of, [347]
land of, [347]
possibly in S. Africa, [348]
Put-ser, meaning of, [174], [175], [178]
Pyramid builders, [325]
-building in [12]th dynasty, [338]
Isis temples at, [329]
of Dashûr, [336]
Gîzeh, [82]
Mêdûm, [335], [337]
Sakkarah, [333]
oldest, [369]
orientation of, [333]
Step, age of, [369]
Q
Qebhsennuf, [147]
R
Rā, eyes of, [280]
hymn to, [27]
manifestation of, [111]
meaning of, [194]
sun-god, [25], [26], [35], [227]
Rā—Tmu—Horus, hymn to, [26]
Rā-t, symbol of, [290]
Rameses III., date of, [135], [184], [221]
building of temple T, Karnak, [186]
temple M, [115], [214]
Ramessids, Thoth, sign of, in time of, [269]
time of, year used, [263]
Ramesseum, old month-table at, [141], [275]
Ranke, [227]
Red and Green Nile, difference of time between, [240]
Redisieh, temple of, [208], [341]
Set worship at, [310]
Refraction, [48]
Renouf, Le Page, [23]
Rhamnus, temples oriented to Spica, [424]
Rig-Veda, [38]
Right ascension, definition of, [52]
Risings. See Stars and Sun
Rôda, nilometer at, [234]
rise of Nile at, [237]
Rome, St. Peter's, [96], [102]
Rosetta Stone, [11]
Ross, Col., R.E., [237], [241]
Rougé, De, on Hor-Shesu, [150]
Silsilis inscriptions, [263]
Mêdûm pyramid, [336]
manifestation of Rā, [111]
S
Saïs, [82], [329]
Sakkarah, step-pyramid of, [333], [337]
Samas, [377]
Sanctuary, [102], [340]
illumination of, [106]
darkness of, object of, [109]
Sargon I., King, date of, [360], [369], [403]
Sarzec, M. de, discoveries at Tel-loh, [369]
Sati, symbol of, [290]
Sayce, Ann and Bīl, [364]
Asari and Osiris, [384]
Eridu, [371]
Ía-star, [380]
sun-god, Tammuz, [372], [393]
Scorpion, constellation of, [143], [378], [399], [401], [403]
known in pyramid times, [329], [360]
Scott, Gilbert, on church architecture, [96]
Se-ānχ-ka-Rā's expedition to land of Pun-t, [348]
Seb, the god, [33], [35]
Sebak-Rā, [25]
Sekhet, goddess, [31]
symbolised γ Draconis, [290]
statues of, at Thebes, [290]
Semneh, temple at, [311], [351]
Seneferu, Dashûr pyramid, [336]
King, title of, [346]
Mêdûm pyramid, [335]
temple foundations, [354]
Senti, [174]
Sept, [196]
Serk-t = Antares and α Centauri, [358]
in pyramid times, [329]
symbol of, [290], [329]
Sesheta, goddess, [29], [173], [175]
Set, Sit, Sut, Typhon, Sutech, god of Darkness, [27], [145], [147]
and Horus, [149]
associated with γ Draconis, [302]
conquered by Horus. See Myth of Horus.
emblem of, [28], [148], [362]
feast of, [283]
form of, [361]
hated by Theban priests, [319]
jackal of, [146]
N. Egypt, [345]
symbolised by northern constellations, [149]
temple at Tell el-Amarna, [324]
at Annu, [326]
temples absent in S. Egypt, [371]
thigh of, [146], [147]
wife of, [146], [216]
worship of, [215], [344], [361], [377]
Seti II., [115], [185], [189], [223]
Shabaka, [340]
Shesu-Hor, [57], [74], [150], [215]
Shu, [33], [36]
Silsilis, inscriptions at, [263]
Sirius-Hathor, [196], [212], [299]
temples to, in Greece, [305], [422]
Sit. See Set
Sky, god of, [7], [33]
Smith, George, on temple of Bel, [380]
Smith, Robertson, on Mazzaroth, [133]
Sokhit in pyramid times, [329]
Solstices, [55], [57]
determination of, [62] et seq.
by Chinese, [63]
relation to inundation, [234]
summer, festival of, [198]
temples oriented to, [78]
and vague year cycle, [252]
Sothis, Greek form of Sirius, q.v.
Sowing, season of, [233]
Sphinx, object of, [82]
Spica, associated with Mut temple, [320]
observed at Thebes, [318]
temples to, [313]
in Greece, [419], [424]
St. Peter's, Rome, [96], [102]
Stars, apparent paths of, [41]
how used to tell time at night, [343]
non-rising at Thebes, [44]
non-setting at Thebes, [44]
northern, antiquity of worship of, [341]
risings of, achronic, [121]
cosmical, [121], [160]
heliacal of Sirius, [121], [200], [209], [210], [249], [250], [254], [262]
rising with sun, [60]
risings at sunset, [148]
settings, achronic, [121]
heliacal, [121]
table of, [314]
southern, used in upper Egypt, [343]
southern, worship of, as opposed to northern, [325]
table of, [314]
Storms, god of, [7]
Stonehenge, [89], [90]
Strassmeyer, [3], [407]
Suhag, Nile gauge at, [235]
Sun, course of, mythology of, [279]
the midnight, [65]
temples to, at solstices, [78]
yearly path of, [53]
Sun-gods, names for, [7], [373]
Sunlight, god of, [33], [36]
Sunrise, herald of, first star used, [277]
in Greece, [416]
Sunset, explanation of red colour of, [32]
represented by Nephthys, [31]
Sut. See Set
Sutech. See Set
god of Canaanites, [361]
temple at Memphis, [361]
Syria, invaders from, found [25]th dynasty, [340]
T
Tables of dates of foundations, [352]
of stars, [20]th dynasty, [408], [410]
Taharqa, [187], [340]
Tammuz, associated with Asari, [372]
son of Ía, [372]
son of Mul-lil, [372]
Tammuz-Nergal, sun-god, [372], [374]
son of Ía, [372]
Mul-lil, [372]
Tanis, decree of, [270]
temple of, [82], [281], [329]
Taurus, constellation of, [143], [378]
in pyramid times, [329]
Taurt, goddess, [28], [146], [302]
mistress of darkness, [344]
represented by hippopotamus, [146]
symbol of, [216], [290]
symbolised star γ Draconis, [290]
Tebha, [145]
Tefnut, [31], [36]
Tel Hakoab, mounds at, [86]
Tell el-Amarna, Spica temple, [313]
temples at, [322], [419]
Temples in Lower Egypt, as opposed to those in Upper Egypt, [341]
series of, in Southern Egypt, [311]
diversity of, due to different races, [315]
Tetramenes, [272]
Teχi, [223], [275]
Thebes, amplitudes at, [47], [171]
astronomical thought at, [324]
two schools of, [325]
city of Dragon in Greece, [422]
first appearance of in Egyptian history, [331], [338]
history of cults at, [320]
month table at, [143]
Nile flood, [240]
rising of land about, [240]
statues of Sechet, [290]
temples at, amplitudes of, [156], [168], [309]
of Amen Rā, [99]
modern, [186]
M, [213]
solstitial, [78]
Thigh, āk of, [176]
(Mesχet), [179], [216]
constellation, [137], [143], [302]
in pyramid times, [360]
of Set, [146], [147]
represents Great Bear, [146]
This, antiquity of, [327]
Thistleton-Dyer, on Myrrh from Pun-t, [348]
Thoth = Asti, [176]
1st of, dates of, [268]
festival of, [198]
lunus, [29], [393]
month of, sign of, [269]
relation to Teχi, [275]
sign of, in Ramessids' time, [269]
Thothmes I., [188]
Thothmes III., date of, [261]
and the Theban priests, [321]
Ptah temple, [354]
Karnak, embellishments at, [112]
restoration of temple of Amen-Rā, [108]
temples at Medînet-Habû, [221]
Thoueris. See Taurt
Tiāmat and Marduk, myth of, [378], [398]
Tigris, god sacred to, [229]
inundation, time of, [85], [230], [367]
Tmu. See Atmu
Tomes on red hippopotamus, [362]
Totemism, [215]
Triads, [222]
Tuamāutef, [147]
Tum. See Atmu
Twilight, representation of, Isis, [29]
representation of, Nephthys, [31]
Typhon. See Set
Tyre, temple of, [161]
U
Unger, date of Mena, [22]
Ur of the Chaldees, [379]
Ursæ Majoris α, temples to, [309], [341], [354], [360]
Usertsen I., [179], [221], [215]
obelisk at Annu, [214], [338]
Ushas, [7]
Utchats, [280]
V
Varuna, [7]
Vedas, [4], [5], [6]
Virchow, on race distinctions, [386]
Virey, Dêr el-Bahari discoveries, [319]
on cult of Aten, [321]
Vitruvius, on temple orientation, [58]
Vyse, Col. Howard, [12]
W
Wady Halfa to Aswân, rate of Nile flood, [240]
Capt. Lyons' work at, [358]
Wady Hammamāt, [208]
Wakefield, measurements at Karnak, [117]
Worship of N. star, imported into Egypt, [370]
Y
Year, anomalistic, [53]
calendar, [246]
definition of, [247]
fixed, [251]
length of, [251]
length of, [244], [247]
true, [250]
fixed and vague, time of coincidence, [267]
variation between, [252]
great, Annus Magnus, [257]
measure of length of, first, [110]
new, indications, [247]
sidereal, [53]
Sirian, length of, [253]
tropical, [53]
vague, [251]
beginnings of, [110]
and solstice, cycle, [252]
in time of Ramessids, [263]
Young, Thomas, Rosetta stone, [11]
Z
Zend-Avesta, [6]
Ziggurats, erection of, [367]
Zodiac, the signs of, [137]
Zodiacs, of Denderah, [135], [146]
discovery of, [18]

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