Note 543 — Chapter V · THE ORIENTATION OF CHURCHES
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Lockyer, Dawn of Astron., ch. xxxviii. For the orientation of Chaldaean ziggurats, or temple-observatories, see Laing, Human Origins, pp. 149-52. For Malabar, see Simcox, op. cit. II. p. 440. The oriented buildings of Mashonaland are probably co-eval with some of the Old Testament practices. See J. T. Bent, Ruined Cities of Mashonaland, 1892, pp. 120-149, 358-361. But Dr R. MacIver, in Mediaeval Rhodesia, 1906, argues for a Mediaeval date.