Astronomy of Ancient Egypt - Juan Antonio Belmonte, José Lull

Astronomy of Ancient Egypt

A Cultural Perspective
Buch | Hardcover
XXXVIII, 588 Seiten
2023 | 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-11828-9 (ISBN)
171,19 inkl. MwSt
This book is a comprehensive reference on ancient Egyptian astronomy, one of the most important topics in historical astronomy. Written by two recognized specialists-one an astronomer trained in Egyptology and the other an Egyptologist trained in astronomy-it synthesizes and analyses the international body of research surrounding this ancient culture.
The chapters in this work address all major topics in the field, including Egyptian cosmogony and worldview, timekeeping devices and calendars, landscapes and skyscapes, astronomy-influenced architecture, chronology and more. Each chapter includes an introduction, an overview of the existing documentation on the subject, a critical discussion of ongoing debates and questions, and a presentation of state-of-the-art research.
Straddling the line between Egyptology and astronomy, this multidisciplinary book will appeal to any scholar or specialist interested in studying ancient Egyptianastronomy.

Juan Antonio Belmonte Aviles is Research Professor of Astronomy at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Tenerife, Spain) where he investigates exoplanetsand cultural astronomy. He has published or edited nearly twenty books and authored more than 200 publications on those subjects. He has been the president of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) from 2005 to 2011, and of the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture (ISAAC) from 2017 to 2020, and is the current president of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Commission C4 "World Heritage and Astronomy". In 2012 he received the "Carlos Jaschek" award of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture for his contributions to the discipline. He has performed extensive research on the astronomical traditions of ancient civilizations, concentrating in the ancient Mediterranean cultures, notably in Egypt. Jose Lull Garcia studied Egyptology at the University of Tubingen (Germany). He is a specialist in history and chronology of the Egyptian New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, as well as in ancient Egyptian astronomy. He is currently a researcher at the Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies (IEPOA) and lecturer at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain). He has written several books on Egyptology and more than one hundred articles published in scientific and outreach journals.

Chapter 1. Cosmogonies: the formation of the ancient Egyptian universe.- Chapter 2. Egyptian astronomers throughout history.- Chapter 3. Measuring time: ancient Egyptian star, water, and solar clocks.- Chapter 4. Mapping the stars: the skies of ancient Egypt.- Chapter 5. The calendar of ancient Egypt: a gift of the Nile.- Chapter 6. Egyptian land- and skyscapes.- Chapter 7. Astronomy and chronology.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Historical & Cultural Astronomy
Co-Autor Terry Mahoney
Zusatzinfo XXXVIII, 588 p. 928 illus., 190 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 1254 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Relativitätstheorie
Schlagworte ancient astronomy • Archaeoastronomy • astronomy in ancient egypt • Egyptian astronomy and architecture • Egyptian calendar • Egyptian chronology • egyptian cosmogeny • egyptian timekeeping devices • egyptology and astronomy
ISBN-10 3-031-11828-6 / 3031118286
ISBN-13 978-3-031-11828-9 / 9783031118289
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