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SOME years ago in the “Dawn of Astronomy” I showed how carefully the sun had been observed by the ancient Egyptians, not only when it rose or set at points most to the north or south, as at the solstices, but also when it rose exactly half-way between these points, that is, east and west at the equinoxes.
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LOCKYER, N. The Farmers' Years . Nature 65, 248–250 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/065248a0
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