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[[Martianus Capella]], a pagan writer, wrote in his ''De nuptiis'' in the 5th century AD that the ancient Egyptians had archives of astronomy which started 40,000 years before his own era.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Westra |first1=Haijo Jan |last2=Vester |first2=Christina |title=De Nuptiis Philologiae Et Mercurii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3i_vS54aBIC |publisher=BRILL |language=en |date=1994|isbn=9004101705 }}</ref>
Herodotus' figures were discussed by [[Isaac Newton]] in his ''[[The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended]]'' (1728) but were dismissed by Newton because they
The mathematician and esotericist [[R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz]], in his work ''Sacred Science'', reconstructed Herodotus' dates to conclude that the ancient Egyptians dated their creation to an astronomical (stellar) event some 30,000 years before [[Herodotus]]' own time.<ref>{{cite book|title=Sacred Science: The King of Pharaonic Theocracy| page= 87|author=R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz|publisher=Inner Traditions/Bear}}</ref>
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