The zodiac of Paris : how an improbable controversy over an ancient Egyptian artifact provoked a modern debate between religion and science /

The Dendera zodiac--an ancient bas-relief temple ceiling adorned with mysterious symbols of the stars and planets--was first discovered by the French during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt, and quickly provoked a controversy between scientists and theologians. Brought to Paris in 1821 and ultimate...

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Hlavní autoři: Buchwald, Jed Z. (Autor), Josefowicz, Diane Greco (Autor)
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press [2010]
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1wmz3xv
Obsah:
  • All this for two stones?
  • Antiquity imagined
  • The origin of all religions
  • On Napoleon's expedition
  • One drawing, many words
  • The dawn of the Zodiac controversies
  • Ancient skies, censored
  • Egypt captured in ink and porcelain
  • Egyptian stars under Paris skies
  • The Zodiac debates
  • Champollion's cartouche.