Theoretical reconstruction of the Solar Altar in the Hatshepsut Temple at Deir el-Bahari [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2017 In a recent article Andrzej Ćwiek (2015) criticized on ideological grounds one of the hypotheses concerning the reconstruction of the Solar Altar in the Complex of the Sun Cult of the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari. The theoretical reconstruction
Teresa Dziedzic
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The solar altar in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari:architecture and ideology [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2016 In a recent article Teresa Dziedzic presented a theoretical reconstruction of the solar altarin the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, with two obelisks standing on the top of it.
Andrzej Ćwiek
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Urban Planning in the First Unfortified Spanish Colonial Town: The Orientation of the Historic Churches of San Cristóbal de La Laguna [PDF]
, 2018 The city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in the Canary Island of Tenerife (Spain) is of exceptional value as the first unfortified colonial city to follow regular plan - a grid, outlined by straight streets that form squares - in the overseas European ...
Belmonte, Juan Antonio +1 more
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The development of a Utopian city? Comparing land-and skyscapes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and San Cristobal de la Laguna [PDF]
, 2018 We discuss the peculiar planning of the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife (Spain), when compared to the nearby and essentially contemporary Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which served as a maritime port of the former city. For
Belmonte, Juan Antonio +1 more
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Stonehenge and Avebury: Megalithic shadow casting at the solstices at sunrise
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2017 The paper examines how specific megaliths at Stonehenge and Avebury were positioned relative to others and to particular sunrises such as to produce watchable effects arising from solar movement and resulting lithic shadows.
G. Terence Meaden
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New Light on the Relationship between the Montecitorio Obelisk and Ara Pacis of Augustus
Studies in Digital Heritage, 2017 The article takes as its point of departure recent work (Frischer forthcoming) critiquing the theory of Edmund Buchner about the relationship of the gnomonical instrument known as the Horologium Augusti and the Ara Pacis Augustae.
Bernard Frischer
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Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie I, Prehistoria y Arqueología, 1997 Basurero de época romana fiallado en el solar del Colegio Mayor N- Sra. de África. Los materiales se depositaron en un mismo momento cronológico y constituyen un importante lote de cerámicas de época romana: térra sigillata hispánica, térra sigillata ...
Carmen Guiral Pelegrín
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The influence of religious and cosmological beliefs on the solar architecture of the ancient world [PDF]
, 2014 In the earliest civilizations of the Ancient World, sun worship developed in parallel with an understanding of the movement of the stars. That was the origin of an architecture that expressed a number of religious and cosmological beliefs.
Fumadó Alsina, Joan Lluís +2 more
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The orientation of the Mithraea in Ostia Antica [PDF]
, 2016 We conducted an investigation on the orientations and geometrical content of the Mithraea of Ostia Antica. A geometrical CAD study based on the most reliable plans from the Archives of the Sovrintendenza Speciale per il Colosseo, il MNR e l’Area ...
Carnevale, Flavio +6 more
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Lighting Features in Historical Buildings: Scientific Analysis of the Church of Saint Louis of the Frenchmen in Sevilla [PDF]
, 2018 Heritage issues have increased significantly in recent years. However, they tend to remain in the cultural sphere and are often resistant to scientific analyses.
Inmaculada Rodriguez-Cunill +2 more
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