Stairways to the Stars

Skywatching the Three Great Ancient Cultures

Anthony F. Aveni (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

1999
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-32976-3 (ISBN)

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This text unravels the story of new revelations about three of the most popular and mysterious puzzles in ancient astronomy: the meaning of Stonehenge; what the Maya Code was about; and why the elaborate Inca City of Cuzco was built. It surveys findings that reveal fresh interpretations of the astronomical beliefs of each of the cultures. The book includes "naked eye" observing, pointing the reader to the night sky and the phenomena observed by the ancient cultures; illustrations of such things as Mayan stone tablets and ancient drawings of the constellations.

ANTHONY AVENI is the Russell B. Colgate Professor of Astronomy and Anthropology at Colgate University. He is the author of Empires of Time, Conversing with the Planets, and Behind the Crystal Ball.

Introduction: A Different Sort of Cosmos; The Naked Sky; Standing Stones and Stars: Megalithic Astronomy and the People of Ancient Great Britain; Power from the Sky: Ancient Maya Astronomy and the Cult of Venus; City and Cosmos Astronomy and the Inca Empire; The West Vs; the Rest?; Appendices; Notes; Illustration Credits; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.2.1999
Zusatzinfo	50 illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-471-32976-2 / 0471329762
ISBN-13	978-0-471-32976-3 / 9780471329763
Zustand	Neuware