Abstract
THIS fascinating work consists of a series of reprints, arranged in logical order, of papers contributed at different times, chiefly to the Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology. Altogether they give us an able summary of what is now known respecting the ancient calendars of the Babylonians, Egyptians, Indians, and Chinese, and a very interesting discussion of the vexed question of the origin of the ancient (especially the zodiacal) constellations, on which subject the author has succeeded in throwing fresh light, her conclusions being corroborated by approaching the question of precessional change from different points of view.
Ancient Calendars and Constellations.
By the Hon. Emmeline M. Plunket. Pp. xvi + 263. (London: Murray, 1903.) Price 9s. net.
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L., W. Ancient Calendars and Constellations . Nature 68, 593–594 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/068593a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/068593a0
