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Calendars and Constellations of the Ancient World
Author: Emmeline Plunket
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Published: 2005-11-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 159605414X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The great temple of Amen-Ra at Thebes... is oriented to the setting sun of the season so important to Egyptians, that of the summer solstice, and this fact strengthens the opinion that Amen was considered to be a god in some way presiding over the course of the year and its right measurement. -from "Amen and the Egyptian Year" First published in 1903 as Ancient Calendars and Constellations, this overview of early astronomical observations and how they influenced the belief systems and religions of early civilizations quickly became a resource later scholars looked to for guidance. From the very beginnings of astronomy, nearly 8,000 years ago, to the more "modern" ancient astronomies of Greece, Egypt, India, Persia, and China, this charming and erudite book will fascinate students of science, history, and mythology as well as lovers of the night sky.
ANCIENT CALENDARS AND CONSTELLATIONS, 1903
Author: EMMELINE M. PLUNKET
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781033527078
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ancient Calendars and Constellations
Author: Emmeline M. Plunket
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Published: 2014-03
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781498025652
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Is A New Release Of The Original 1903 Edition.
Ancient Calendars and Constellations
Author: Emmeline Mary Plunket
Publisher:
Published: 2017-08-19
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781375581653
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Calendars and Years
Author: John M. Steele
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2007-10-08
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1782974938
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new moon crescent that defined the beginning of the month in many calendars, while others incorporated schematic simplifications of these phenomena, such as the 360-day year used in early Mesopotamian administrative practices in order to simplify accounting procedures. Historians frequently use handbooks and tables for converting dates in ancient calendars into the familiar BC/AD calendar that we use today. But very few historians understand how these tables have come about, or what assumptions have been made in their construction. The seven papers in this volume provide an answer to the question what do we know about the operation of calendars in the ancient world, and just as importantly how do we know it? Topics covered include the ancient and modern history of the Egyptian 365-day calendar, astronomical and administrative calendars in ancient Mesopotamia, and the development of astronomical calendars in ancient Greece. This book will be of interest to ancient historians, historians of science, astronomers who use early astronomical records, and anyone with an interest in calendars and their development.
The Judgment of Paris and Some Other Legends Astronomically Considered
Author: Emmeline Mary Plunket
Publisher: London J. Murray 1908.
Published: 1908
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars
Author: Geoff Stray
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2007-11-06
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 0802716342
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The only small, popular book on the important subject of ancient calendars. The study of heavenly cycles is common to most ancient cultures. The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians all tried to make sense of the year. But it fell to the later Mesoamerican Maya to create a series of calendars that could be cross referenced. In doing so, the Maya discovered many strange numerical harmonics. Their lunar calendar was extremely accurate-far more so than the Greek Metonic cycle; they tracked Venus to an accuracy of less than a day in five hundred years and their tables could have been used to predict eclipses seven hundred years in the future. This book will provide a much needed compact guide to the Mayan calendar systems as well as covering the essentials of calendar development throughout the world.
Asteroid Answers to Ancient Calendar Mysteries
Author: Herbert B. Stollorz
Publisher: Faith in Future Foundation
Published: 2008-07-03
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 1419674005
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ancient calendars found around the world are designed to end one point in time. They communicate an urgent warning to everyone alive today! Complex bronze and gold clocks with multiple dials are found in museums around the world. Why they have such advanced intricacy has stumped scientists for hundreds of years.This book reveals why the ancients built so many pyramids, observatories as well as those complex gold and bronze clocks with more than one dial. It surprised me greatly to discover that their various complex designs in one way or another converge on 21 December 2012. It amazes me that ancient cultures separated by thousands of miles of geography and thousands of years in chronology agree so precisely in the cyclical nature of time, history and prophecy, which is history written in advance. The most famous example is the Mayan-Aztec calendar, which ends its 25,626-year cycle on that momentous date. Some researchers have also found 21 December 2012 in what is called, the Bible Code. Using very different research methods, I discovered it in the Bible's book of Revelation and Daniel's prophecies. It is one of the most important dates in the plan of God for all humanity!
