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The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy Over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate Between Religion and Science by Jed Z. Buchwald, Diane Greco Josefowicz

The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy Over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate Between Religion and Science

Jed Z. Buchwald, Diane Greco Josefowicz

440 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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The clash of faith and science in Napoleonic France 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 quic...

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