Excerpt from A Dissertation on the Calendar and Zodiac of Ancient Egypt: With Remarks on the First Introduction and Use of the Zodiac Among the Greeks AS the chronology of ancient Egypt has of late ex cited considerable attention among those who attach interest to the history of the primaeval world, it ap peared to the author of the following pages, that some service might be rendered to this branch of study, by a careful inquiry into the first elements of the chrono graphical art among the inhabitants of that country that is to say, their methods of computing and divid ing time by months, years, or other periods. 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.