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A Ruby and Triangled Sign upon the Forehead of Taurus: Modalities of Revelation in Megalithic Archaeoastronomy and James Joyce’s Novels Ulysses and Finnegans Wake

Religions, 2018
This paper proceeds from the concurrent interpretation of two distinct, apparently unrelated disciplinary contexts, at the crossroads of the positivism of archaeology and the imaginary world of literature.
Simon Crook
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2012: The End of the World as We Know It? [PDF]

, 2013
Many so-called “2012 doomsayers theorists,” such as John Major Jenkins and Jose Arguelles successfully convinced a portion of the modern Western world that the ancient Maya had predicted the end of the world.
French, Evelyn
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Where Next for Archaeoastronomy?

Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 2021
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Identifying seasonal stars in Kaurna astronomical traditions

, 2015
Early ethnographers and missionaries recorded Aboriginal languages and oral traditions across Australia. Their general lack of astronomical training resulted in misidentifications, transcription errors, and omissions in these records.
Hamacher, Duane W.
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Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure Pyramids and the Sun [PDF]

, 2016
In this paper we discuss the orientation of the Egyptian pyramids at Giza with respect to sunrises and sunsets, using SunCalc.net software. We can see that Khufu and Khafre pyramids had been positioned in a manner that, from each pyramid, it was always ...
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
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Advanced Virtual Archaeoastronomy

Cosmovisiones / Cosmovisões
The free and open source desktop planetarium Stellarium is a multi-platform astronomy program that runs on a wide range of computers, from powerful desktop PCs to energy-efficient single-board computers such as the Raspberry Pi 3 and 4. The volunteer develop­ers have finally reached their long-awaited "1.0" milestone, which marks both the com­pletion ...
Georg Zotti, Wolfgang Neubauer
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Reconstruction of vertical and L-shaped ancient Egyptian sundials and methods for measuring time

, 2014
The article presents the results of the study of design features of vertical and L-shaped ancient Egyptian sundials. With the help of astronomical methods were developed their models, based on which the reconstruction of a sundial was held.
Vodolazhskaya, Larisa
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Astronomical aspects of Group E-type complexes and implications for understanding ancient Maya architecture and urban planning. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Šprajc I.
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The Astronomy of the Kamilaroi People and their Neighbours [PDF]

, 2013
The Kamilaroi people and their neighbours, the Euahlayi, Ngemba, and Murrawarri, are an Aboriginal cultural grouping located in the northwest and north central of New South Wales.
Fuller, Robert S., Norris, Ray P., Trudgett, Michelle   +2 more
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Archaeoastronomy and Calendar Cities [PDF]

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2016
The use of astronomy for collective purposes, both religious and political, is apparent in the earliest astronomical records, from the evidence for Palaeolithic lunar calendars to megalithic monuments and Mesopotamian celestial-omen reports. This paper will consider the application of the heavens to the organisation of the 'Cosmic State', the human ...
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