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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Princeton ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press
[2010]
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| Linkit: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1wmz3xv |
Sisällysluettelo:
- 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.