The astronomical orientation of ancient Greek temples. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 Despite its appearing to be a simple question to answer, there has been no consensus as to whether or not the alignments of ancient Greek temples reflect astronomical intentions.
Alun M Salt
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The astronomical orientation of the urban plan of Alexandria [PDF]
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 2011 Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in 331 BC. The newly founded town was conceived as an orthogonal grid based on a main longitudinal axis, later called Canopic Road.
Ferro, Luisa, Magli, Giulio
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Astronomical features of Ural megalithic monuments orientation [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2014 There is a presence of archaeological monuments of the early and middle Holocene in the middle Trans-Urals, which may be associated with the act of sky survey, determined by this specific landscape.
Viktorova, V.D., Anisimov, N.P.
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Astronomical orientation of architectural monuments of Khorezm
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2019 The paper is aimed at studying the astronomical orientation of Khorezmic architectural monuments. By the term «astronomical orientation», the authors understand the alignment of the building elements with astronomically significant directions ...
Bolelov S.B. +2 more
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Revitalizing Astronomical Azimuth Determination: Integrating Modern Computing with Traditional Techniques [PDF]
SensorsIt is not widely recognized today that astronomical methods for azimuth determination continue to rank among the most accurate techniques for establishing orientation.
Luigi Barazzetti
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Astronomical orientation of the pyramids [PDF]
Nature, 2001 Spence speculates that Egypt's pyramid builders found true north by using a plumb line: when the stars Kochab and Mizar were seen on the same vertical, one was facing north1. As evidence in support of this hypothesis, she points to the proposed interstar-line precession past the north celestial pole at a rate of 27′ per century (cy).
Dennis Rawlins, Keith Pickering
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New knowledge in determining the astronomical orientation of Incas object in Ollantaytambo, Peru [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2014 This paper deals about astronomical orientation of Incas objects in Ollantaytambo, which is located about 35 km southeast from Machu Picchu, about 40 km northwest from Cusco, and lies in the Urubamba valley. Everybody writing about Ollantaytambo, shoud
K. Hanzalová +2 more
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Approaching Skyscape Archaeology: A Note on Method and Fieldwork for the Case Study of Pompeii
Groma, 2021 The urban layout of Pompeii presents several orientations, possibly due to an uneven bare ground plateau. However, its main east-west axes have the same orientation of Herculaneum ones, suggesting that not only geomorphological constrains acted as ...
Ilaria Cristofaro, Michele Silani
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Maria Reiche's line to archaeoastronomy [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2013 Maria Reiche was a German mathematician and archaeologist that, from 1940, devoted her life to the study of the Nazca Lines, the most famous Peruvian geoglyphs, gaining recognition and preservation of them. Created by removing the upper most layer of the
Sparavigna, A.C.
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Determination of astronomical orientation of archaeological sites on the hour angle of the Sun on the example of petroglyph spiral (Mountain Altai) [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2016 The required accuracy of the determination of astronomical orientations of archaeological sites, in accordance with a resolution of the unaided human eye (1-2 minutes in degree measure) is substantiated in this article.
Gienko E.G.
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