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Excerpt from Egypt and Palestine, Vol. 2 of 2: Photographed and Described Foremost in point of interest amongst the inscriptions at Edfou are the long list of mythological names, and the astronomical records. Amongst the latter we observe the names of the thirty-six divisions of the heavens, each division containing degrees, and also the names of the chief constellations, as Sah, or Orion, Soti, or Sirius, and Maschet, or the Great Bear, &c. In another place we see a large solar disk with its diverging rays, and in front of it a series of fourteen deities ascending as many steps, to indicate the fourteen days of the moon's increase. At the top of the steps the full moon is represented. There is also an inscribed list of the festivals of the deities presiding over the thirty days of the month. And after these come the names of the twelve gods of the months, according to the three divisions of the Egyptian year into the Season of Flowers, the Season of Harvest, and the Season of the Inundation of the Nile. Lastly, there follows a representation of the twelve hours of the day and night respectively, and of the deities who presided over each. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.