The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate between Religion and Science
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 All This for Two Stones? -- 2 Antiquity Imagined -- 3 The Origin of All Religions -- 4 On Napoleon's Expedition -- 5 One Drawing, Many Words -- 6 The Dawn of the Zodiac Controversies -- 7 Ancient Skies, Censored -- 8 Egypt Captured in Ink and Porcelain -- 9 Egyptian Stars under Paris Skies -- 10 The Zodiac Debates -- 11 Champollion's Cartouche -- 12 Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Figure Sources -- Subject Index -- Name Index
