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Celestial Geometry - Understanding the Astronomical Meanings of Ancient Sites (Paperback, New edition)
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Celestial Geometry - Understanding the Astronomical Meanings of Ancient Sites (Paperback, New edition)
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Many ancient, even prehistoric, monuments and temples around the
world show an amazingly sophisticated understanding of the heavens.
They reflect this sacred knowledge in celestial alignments - to the
eternal cycles of the sun, moon, stars and planets. The ceremonies
performed at sites such as Stonehenge in England or Teotihuacan in
Mexico are now lost to us. But the time-worn stones and structures
remain, and archaeoastronomers (experts in ancient astronomy) have
studied how their sightlines relate to astronomical phenomena such
as midwinter or midsummer sunrise or the rising of the Pleiades
star cluster. Within, Ken Taylor dives into the fantastical: The
principles of astronomy - the seasons, the solstices and equinoxes,
the rising and setting of stars, the "lunar standstills" Solar
alignments - the language of light and shadow, and the life-giving
shows of the sun Lunar alignments - the drama of the eclipse and
the mysterious energies of the night Alignments to stars and
planets - reaching out to the immensity of the cosmos In exploring
such connections, in words, superb photographs and clear
explanatory artworks, Celestial Geometry opens a whole universe of
mystery and wonder, and a window on the inner life of ancient
civilizations.
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