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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 set of techniques and methods that enable modern scholars to better understand the thought, religion and science of early civilizations, Giulio Magli provides in-depth analyses of the pyramid complexes at Giza, Abusir, Saqqara and Dahshur, as well as of the Early Dynastic necropolis at Abydos and the magnificent new Kingdom Theban temples. Using a variety of data retrieved from study of the sky and measurements of the buildings, he reconstructs the visual, symbolic and spiritual world of the ancient Egyptians and thereby establishes an intimate relationship among celestial cycles, topography and architecture. He also shows how they were deployed in the ideology of the pharaoh's power in the course of Egyptian history.
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Mysteries and discoveries of archaeoastronomy : from Giza to Easter Island
This complete, authoritative study of the growing discipline of Archaeoastronomy examines the role of astronomy in antiquity. Professor Giulio Magli provides a clear, up-to-date survey of current thinking on the motives of the ancients for building fabulous and mysterious monuments all over our planet.
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Radiocarbon-Based Chronology for Dynastic Egypt
The historical chronologies for dynastic Egypt are based on reign lengths inferred from written and archaeological evidence. These floating chronologies are linked to the absolute calendar by a few ancient astronomical observations, which remain a source of debate. We used 211 radiocarbon measurements made on samples from short-lived plants, together with a Bayesian model incorporating historical information on reign lengths, to produce a chronology for dynastic Egypt. A small offset (19 radiocarbon years older) in radiocarbon levels in the Nile Valley is probably a growing-season effect. Our radiocarbon data indicate that the New Kingdom started between 1570 and 1544 B.C.E., and the reign of Djoser in the Old Kingdom started between 2691 and 2625 B.C.E.; both cases are earlier than some previous historical estimates.
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The sacred pool of Ba'al: a reinterpretation of the ‘Kothon’ at Motya
The Phoenician island-city of Motya, off the west coast of Sicily, has long been a focus of archaeological research. Earlier excavations identified a large rectangular basin interpreted, by analogy with Carthage, as a ‘kothon’ or artificial inner harbour. Recent investigations of this feature, however, lead the author to a new interpretation. Rather than a harbour, the so-called ‘Kothon’ is revealed as a sacred freshwater pool at the centre of a monumental circular sanctuary hosting three large temples. The pool, watched over by a statue of Ba'al, also served as a surface for observing and mapping the movement of stars, as emphasised by the alignment of structures and features positioned around the sacred enclosure.
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Sailing to Elysium: Menelaus' Afterlife (\Odyssey\ 4.561-569) and Egyptian Religion
Egyptians believed that a god ferried the dead on a heavenly river in his flying boat to an other-world called the Field of Reeds, looking always over his shoulder. This belief entered Bronze-Age Greece, survived in the mystery cults, and left traces at various points in the Odyssey./Les Égyptiens croyaient que les morts traversaient un fleuve céleste et atteignaient les Champs de Roseaux de l'au-delà grâce à une barque volante et à son nocher divin, lequel regardait toujours derrière lui. Cette croyance, qui apparut en Grèce pendant l'Âge du Bronze, a non seulement survécu dans les cultes à mystères mais on en retrace aussi des échos dans l'Odyssée.
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