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IN a previous article I have attempted to show that there was a considerable difference of astronomical thought between those, on the one hand, who built pyramids and temples facing true east and west and those, on the other, who built solar temples not oriented to the equinox, but rather, though not exclusively, to the solstice.
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"Notices des Principaux Monuments Exposés au Musée de Gizeh," p. 260. 1893.
Gizeh Catalogue, 1893, p. 68.
Translated by Brugsch, "Egypt," p. 221.
Since the above was written, Prof. Flinders Petrie has been good enough, in reply to an inquiry, to state his opinion that the temple was entirely built by Chu-en-Aten. Should this be confirmed, it may have been oriented directly to the sun, on the day named, or more probably built parallel to some former temple, for traces of other temples are shown on Lepsius' plan, and I presume Chu-en-Aten is not supposed to have built all of them.
New Gizeh Catalogue, p. 61.
Brugsch, "Religion and Mytologie," p. 111. Pierret, "Salle Historique de la galerie Egyptienne" (du Louvre), p. 199.
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LOCKYER, J. The Astronomical History of on and Thebes. Nature 48, 318–320 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048318a0
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