Astronomy of Ancient Egypt | Buch

Cover: 9783031118289 | Astronomy of Ancient Egypt | A Cultural Perspective | Belmonte (u. a.)

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés is Research Professor of Astronomy at the Instituto de Astrofísica 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.

José Lull García studied Egyptology at the University of Tübingen (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 Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). He has written several books on Egyptology and more than one hundred articles published in scientific and outreach journals.

Zusammenfassung

Written by two expert researchers in the field

Includes a glossary of terms in astronomy and Egyptology

Contains over 200 detailed tables, drawings, diagrams and full-color images

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Physik , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	Historical & Cultural Astronomy
Inhalt:	xxxviii 588 S. 738 s/w Illustr. 190 farbige Illustr. 588 p. 928 illus. 190 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783031118289
ISBN-10:	3031118286
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Belmonte, Juan Antonio Lull, José
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG Historical & Cultural Astronomy
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	241 x 160 x 30 mm
Von/Mit:	Juan Antonio Belmonte (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.04.2023
Gewicht:	1,211 kg