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Author : Emmeline Mary Plunket
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Astronomy, Ancient
ISBN : NYPL:33433057754628
Author : EMMELINE M. PLUNKET
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033527076
Author : Emmeline Plunket
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781596054141
The great temple of Amen-Ra at Thebes... is oriented to the setting sun of the season so important to Egyptians, that of the summer solstice, and this fact strengthens the opinion that Amen was considered to be a god in some way presiding over the course of the year and its right measurement. -from "Amen and the Egyptian Year" First published in 1903 as Ancient Calendars and Constellations, this overview of early astronomical observations and how they influenced the belief systems and religions of early civilizations quickly became a resource later scholars looked to for guidance. From the very beginnings of astronomy, nearly 8,000 years ago, to the more "modern" ancient astronomies of Greece, Egypt, India, Persia, and China, this charming and erudite book will fascinate students of science, history, and mythology as well as lovers of the night sky.
Author : Emmeline M. Plunket
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 149802565X
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1903 Edition.
Author : Emmeline Mary Plunket
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-19
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1375581651
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:923940365
Author : John M. Steele
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782974932
Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new moon crescent that defined the beginning of the month in many calendars, while others incorporated schematic simplifications of these phenomena, such as the 360-day year used in early Mesopotamian administrative practices in order to simplify accounting procedures. Historians frequently use handbooks and tables for converting dates in ancient calendars into the familiar BC/AD calendar that we use today. But very few historians understand how these tables have come about, or what assumptions have been made in their construction. The seven papers in this volume provide an answer to the question what do we know about the operation of calendars in the ancient world, and just as importantly how do we know it? Topics covered include the ancient and modern history of the Egyptian 365-day calendar, astronomical and administrative calendars in ancient Mesopotamia, and the development of astronomical calendars in ancient Greece. This book will be of interest to ancient historians, historians of science, astronomers who use early astronomical records, and anyone with an interest in calendars and their development.
Author : Emmeline Mary Plunket
Publisher : London J. Murray 1908.
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Astronomy, Ancient
ISBN : UCAL:$B35793
Author : Geoff Stray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802716347
The only small, popular book on the important subject of ancient calendars. The study of heavenly cycles is common to most ancient cultures. The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians all tried to make sense of the year. But it fell to the later Mesoamerican Maya to create a series of calendars that could be cross referenced. In doing so, the Maya discovered many strange numerical harmonics. Their lunar calendar was extremely accurate-far more so than the Greek Metonic cycle; they tracked Venus to an accuracy of less than a day in five hundred years and their tables could have been used to predict eclipses seven hundred years in the future. This book will provide a much needed compact guide to the Mayan calendar systems as well as covering the essentials of calendar development throughout the world.
Author : Jonathan Ben-Dov
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789047424192
Covering a wide array of sources from ancient Mesopotamia to the Dead Sea Scrolls, the present volume offers an innovative perspective on Jewish apocalyptic time-reckoning during the Second Temple period, based on a unique calendar year of 364 days.
Author : Susan Milbrath
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292778511
“A prodigious work of unmatched interdisciplinary scholarship” on Maya astronomy and religion (Journal of Interdisciplinary History). Observations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars played a central role in ancient Maya lifeways, as they do today among contemporary Maya who maintain the traditional ways. This pathfinding book reconstructs ancient Maya astronomy and cosmology through the astronomical information encoded in Pre-Columbian Maya art and confirmed by the current practices of living Maya peoples. Susan Milbrath opens the book with a discussion of modern Maya beliefs about astronomy, along with essential information on naked-eye observation. She devotes subsequent chapters to Pre-Columbian astronomical imagery, which she traces back through time, starting from the Colonial and Postclassic eras. She delves into many aspects of the Maya astronomical images, including the major astronomical gods and their associated glyphs, astronomical almanacs in the Maya codices and changes in the imagery of the heavens over time. This investigation yields new data and a new synthesis of information about the specific astronomical events and cycles recorded in Maya art and architecture. Indeed, it constitutes the first major study of the relationship between art and astronomy in ancient Maya culture. “Milbrath has given us a comprehensive reference work that facilitates access to a very broad and varied body of literature spanning several disciplines.” ―Isis “Destined to become a standard reference work on Maya archeoastronomy . . . Utterly comprehensive.” —Andrea Stone, Professor of Art History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Author : Herbert B. Stollorz
Publisher : Faith in Future Foundation
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781419674006
Ancient calendars found around the world are designed to end one point in time. They communicate an urgent warning to everyone alive today! Complex bronze and gold clocks with multiple dials are found in museums around the world. Why they have such advanced intricacy has stumped scientists for hundreds of years.This book reveals why the ancients built so many pyramids, observatories as well as those complex gold and bronze clocks with more than one dial. It surprised me greatly to discover that their various complex designs in one way or another converge on 21 December 2012. It amazes me that ancient cultures separated by thousands of miles of geography and thousands of years in chronology agree so precisely in the cyclical nature of time, history and prophecy, which is history written in advance. The most famous example is the Mayan-Aztec calendar, which ends its 25,626-year cycle on that momentous date. Some researchers have also found 21 December 2012 in what is called, the Bible Code. Using very different research methods, I discovered it in the Bible's book of Revelation and Daniel's prophecies. It is one of the most important dates in the plan of God for all humanity!
Author : E. C. Krupp
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486428826
Popular, authoritative look at the world of archaeoastronomy, the study of ancient peoples' observation of the skies and its role in their cultural evolution. 208 illustrations.
Author : Stephen Salkever
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139828024
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for this volume and written by leading scholars of classics, political science, and philosophy, the Companion brings these texts to life by analysing what they have to tell us about the problems of political life. Focusing on texts by Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle, among others, they examine perennial issues, including rights and virtues, democracy and the rule of law, community formation and maintenance, and the ways in which theorizing of several genres can and cannot assist political practice.
Author : William Matthew O'Neil
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Calendar
ISBN : 0719006422