Dawn of Astronomy
Edition: Facsimile Ed edition
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781564591128
Subjects: Ancient Egyptian religion; Astronomy, Space & Time; History of specific subjects; Philosophy; Science; Ancient Egypt; Ancient - Egypt; Astronomy - General; History
First sentence: WHEN we inquire among which early peoples we are likely to find the first cultivation of astronomy, whatever the form it may have taken, we learn that it is generally agreed by archaeologists that the first civilisations which have so far been traced were those in the Nile Valley and in the adjacent countries in Western Asia.