Simon · @skatterlings
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This disk bearing the symbol of Taurus 'may' have adorned the Antikythera Mechanism, an Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, described as the oldest known example of an analogue computer, used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. The circularity of astrological myth this device epitomises is the very fatalistic configuration from which this messianic reading of archaeoastronomy seeks an escape mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/11/375

#constellation #archaeoastronomy #myth #Astronomy

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Stone Pages · @stonepages
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‘Steenhenge’ story of the week…? “Dutch unveil 4,000-year-old 'Stonehenge'-like discovery” phys.org/news/2023-06-dutch-un

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Simon · @skatterlings
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Glimpsing Cassiopeia's rising above the mountain at winter solstice... Does it convey the yet-to-be-realised promise of escape from the death march of capital or a baleful prefiguration of climate catastrophe? Some musings here academia.edu/103633551/Starry_

#megaliths #archaeology #archaeoastronomy #Astronomy #cassiopeia #ErnstBloch

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Simon · @skatterlings
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Ok, not the but an alignment of stone circles and a tomb oriented to the and the rising of Cassiopeia over Moelfre, near Harlech - 'Starry Paths in Stone: Remarks on Cors y Gedol and the Ceremonial Regulation of Herds'

academia.edu/103633551/Starry_

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Stone Pages · @stonepages
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A Re-Interpretation of The Samhain Cross-Quarter Sunset at Grange Stone Circle (B), Co. Limerick - Shadows and Stone blog.shadowsandstone.com/

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Megalithic Portal (Andy B) · @megalithic
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More fantastic views of the ‘paps’ (boobs) of from this stone at Tarbert () which has a natural cleft. It was investigated for alignments by Alexander Thom. Photos by our member David Hoyle, who has also created an amazing horizon viewing app which is linked from our pages. Look for the square blue standing stones icon: megalithic.co.uk/article.php?s

#jura #gigha #archaeoastronomy #StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #archeology #megaliths #standingstones #prehistory

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And this is the winter solstice sunrise at Ggantija on Gozo.

#skyscapearchaeology #archaeoastronomy

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This is the equinox sunrise at Ħaġar Qim

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I checked some of the solar alignments on the Maltese temples. This is Ħaġar Qim's 'oracle hole' that the summer solstice sun shines through to illuminate a slab.

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JQ Jacobs · @jqjacobs
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Bought this a while ago. Feeling called to pick it up now 🤓

Book is Architecture, Astronomy, and Sacred Landscape in Ancient Egypt by Giulio Magli

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Stone Pages · @stonepages
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The Army Basing Programme, Stonehenge and the Emergence of the Sacred Landscape of Wessex intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue56/

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Wowbggr · @Wowbggr
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Phys.org: The 'Stonehenge calendar' shown to be a modern construct

phys.org/news/2023-03-stonehen

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JQ Jacobs · @jqjacobs
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Megalithic Portal (Andy B) · @megalithic
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Now everything you wanted to know about at Thornborough - well the condensed version. Including the possible connection with 's Belt. Thread 3/4

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JQ Jacobs · @jqjacobs
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James Enge · @jamesenge
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Interesting stuff! "Ancient writing system" is something of a misnomer. It seems to be a lunar calendar, with relevance for ancient astronomy.

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grateful wolf · @gratefulwolf
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JQ Jacobs · @jqjacobs
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@fvehafric
And I was the only person at each of the ruins except the main canyon.
Holly Group also features possible . I was and woke to such a cold morning I had to use body heat to warm up the laptop. I did capture the sunrise light dagger on the , albeit a week after .
jqjacobs.net/blog/southwest.ht

#archaeoastronomy #camping #petroglyphs #equinox

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JQ Jacobs · @jqjacobs
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