Название: Ancient Astronomy: India, Egypt, China, Maya, Inca, Aztec, Greece, Rome, Genesis, Hebrews, Christians, the Neolithic and Paleolithic
Автор: Juan Antonio Belmonte; Helge Kragh; David W. Pankenier; Nicholas Campion; C?ndido Marciano da Silva; Steven R. Gullberg; Stanislaw Iwaniszewski; Subhash Kak; Yash Aggarwal; J. McKim Malville
Издательство: Cambridge, MA: Cosmology Science Publishers
Год: 2015
Формат: epub
Страниц: 454
Размер: 14,7 mb
Язык: English
Astronomy may be a very ancient science, with a history extending so far into the dim past that it origins are all but concealed. However, tantalizing clues have been left deep within the recesses of paleolithic underground cathedrals, caverns which are adorned with symbolic images of the night sky.
Unlike modern humans, where the night sky is shrouded by reflected artificial light, the stars above dominated the world view of Paleolithic humans, as the night was a tapestry of starry light, the meaning of which could only be discerned by their symbolic patterns. Our ancient ancestors, of even a few centuries ago, and certainly during the Paleolithic, lived in the “sublunary world”, encapsulated into celestial spheres illuminated by patterns of light.
How the ancients may have conceived of the celestial sphere? Read this book to find an answer.
Prologue: Ancient Cosmologies: The Paleolithic and Neolithic Universe
1. Finding Our Place in the Cosmos: The Role of Astronomy In Ancient Cultures
2. Prehistoric Astronomers? Ancient Knowledge Created By Modern Myth
3. The Cosmology of the Paleolithic
4. Neolithic Cosmology: The Equinox and the Spring Full Moon
5. Ancient Greek-Roman Cosmology: Infinite, Eternal, Finite, Cyclic, and Multiple Universes
6. Astronomy and Psyche in the Classical World: Plato, Aristotle, Zeno, Ptolemy
7. “Let There Be Light!” The Genesis of Biblical Cosmology
8. The Cosmic Landscape in the Age of the Pyramids
9. Was There A Ptolemaic Revolution in Ancient Egyptian Astronomy? Souls, Stars & Cosmology
10. Cosmic Capitals and Numinous Precincts in Early China
11. Ancient Cosmologies: Understanding Ancient Skywatchers, Mayas, and their Worldviews
12. Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica:
13. Cosmology in the Inca Empire: Huaca Sanctuaries, State-Supported Pilgrimage, and Astronomy
14. Inca Solar Orientations in Southeastern Peru
15. Cosmic Cycles of Hindu Cosmology: Scientific Underpinnings and Implications
16. Visions of the Cosmos: Archaeoastronomy in Ancient India
17. Cosmology and the Death of Gods: New Age Religions, Anti-Christ, and Precession of the Equinox
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