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parts of a Sign, containing a planet, in order to show what 
influence they would exert upon the future life of the respec- 
i dsoo 
n. 
Finally, we learn from Firmicus, Pliny, and the monuments 
themselves, that the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans observed 
rations on the ont Cardinal days, i. e., on 
the days of the Vernal or Autumna 1 equinox, or those of the 
Summer inter Solstice, always previous to the births, 
or ihosiesl events, which were to be fixed astronomi mically.* 
All these matters have been discussed in extenso inm p- 
tian Astronomy; and this is, in a few words, the key to all 
the astronomical monuments of antiquity, and, of course, also 
to the Leeds Mummy-Coffin in question. By the instru- 
mentality of that key the following 35 astronomical i poet 
tions ha have been deciphered, concerning the astronomi 
2781 3. C. The Nativity of the Egyptian empire. 
1832 “ « That of Pharaoh Amos RVI yn. 
That of Pharaoh Guinhandya; Sesostris, XVIUth 
Dynasty. 
That of Pharaoh Ramses Meiamun, XVIltth 
rake 
. 
That of Pharaoh Sethos, XIXth Dyn. aq 
‘That of Pharaoh Raphaces, — ah 
_ That of Raphaces’ vicegerent, XIXth Dyn. ao 
- That of a private individual. 
‘That of an n priest 
‘That of the Gresik: Olympiads. 
— of the city of Rome. oe. 
of an Egyptian priest. © > 
‘Ly priest. Ayes TES 
8 lela; 
That oe batiie a seas Laon 5s rasiments. are 
That of the Emperor Aug oo 
