The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate over Religion and Science - Image 1

£21.59

Princeton University Press The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate over Religion and Science

Name: The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate over Religion and Science
Brand: Princeton University Press
Price: 21.59 GBP
Availability: InStock

Egypt

Price History & Forecast

Last 83 days • 83 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 83 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £22 (83 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £22 - £22

Price levels: 1 different prices over 83 days

Description

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 ultimately installed in the Louvre, where it can still be seen today, the zodiac appeared to depict the nighttime sky from a time predating the Biblical creation, and therefore cast doubt on religious truth. The Zodiac of Paris tells the story of this incredible archeological find and its unlikely role in the fierce disputes over science and faith in Napoleonic and Restoration France. The book unfolds against the turbulence of the French Revolution, Napoleon's breathtaking rise and fall, and the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne. Drawing on newspapers, journals, diaries, pamphlets, and other documentary evidence, Jed Buchwald and Diane Greco Josefowicz show how scientists and intellectuals seized upon the zodiac to discredit Christianity, and how this drew furious responses from conservatives and sparked debates about the merits of scientific calculation as a source of knowledge about the past. The ideological battles would rage until the thoroughly antireligious Jean-Francois Champollion unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs--and of the zodiac itself. Champollion would prove the religious reactionaries right, but for all the wrong reasons. The Zodiac of Paris brings Napoleonic and Restoration France vividly to life, revealing the lengths to which scientists, intellectuals, theologians, and conservatives went to use the ancient past for modern purposes.

Key Features

Orders are despatched from our UK warehouse next working day.

Product Specifications

Brand: Princeton University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0691145768
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Ancient History & Civilisation > Egypt
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 05 May 2010
Listed Since: 06 November 2009

Barcode

No barcode data available

Princeton University Press The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate over Religion and Science

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Key Features

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Astrologer's Natal Chart Workbook: blank natal charts for horoscope research, journaling & field notes

Raphael's 51-Year Ephemeris 1950 to 2000: 2

Decoding the Matrix: The Resurrection of Ophiuchus

An Astrological Diary of the Seventeenth Century: Samuel Jeake of Rye, 1652-1699

Sapientia Astrologica: Astrology, Magic and Natural Knowledge, ca. 1250-1800: I. Medieval Structures (1250-1500): Conceptual, Institutional, ... and Cultural: 55 (Archimedes, 55)

Astrology in India: A Sociological Inquiry

Manilius, "Astronomica" Buch V: Einführung, Text, Übersetzung Und Kommentar (Sammlung Wissenschaftlicher Commentare (Swc))

Copernican Question: Prognostication, Skepticism, and Celestial Order

A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud

Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism: Oracles of the Gods (Studies in Philosophy and Theology in Late Antiquity)

The Copernican Question: Prognostication, Skepticism, and Celestial Order

Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies)

Claudii Ptolemaei opera quae exstant omnia: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics)

Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies)

Chinese Zodiac Signs | Zodiac Years | Chinese Horoscope | Personality | Career | Fortune | Relationship | Fate | Prediction | The Twelve Animal: A ... Insights of Zodiac and Chinese Astrology

Astronomies and Cultures in Early Medieval Europe

Zoo Studies: A New Humanities

Secrets Uncovered

Encyclopedia of Prophecy

UFOs Past Present and Future: WHAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW

Prophets and Profits: Ancient Divination and Its Reception

William Dawes: Scientist, Governor, Abolitionist: Caught Between Science and Religion (Springer Biographies)

Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era: A Sourcebook (Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World)

Posthumous Images: Contemporary Art and Memory Politics in Post–Civil War Lebanon (Art History Publication Initiative)