Archaeoastronomy Archive
Archaeoastronomy
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In Egyptian mythology, few plants hold as much significance as the blue lotus, a captivating water lily featured prominently in some of archaeology's
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Approximately 19,000 years ago, a woman from a hunter-gatherer community passed away and was interred in a cave located in northern Spain. In
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Coal has long played a crucial role in the life of human civilizations. Records of systematic coal fuel exploitation date back to the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Stonehenge is an astonishingly complex monument, which attracts attention mostly for its spectacular megalithic circle and "horseshoe," built around 2600 B.C. Over the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Most ancient civilizations studied celestial objects and were skilled astronomers. Countless archaeological examples have provided evidence ancient people were often more advanced than
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Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – The last time comet named C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was spotted was during the Upper Paleolithic period. Our distant relatives, the Neanderthals, watched
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AncientPages.com - If you’ve already spend hours shoveling snow this year, you may be dismayed to realize that technically, it’s not yet winter. According to the astronomical definition,
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Without clocks or modern tools, ancient Mexicans watched the sun to maintain a farming calendar that precisely tracked seasons and even adjusted for
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Conny Waters - AncientPagaes.com - The Hittites studied the night sky with the same interest as any other ancient civilization. As previously reported on Ancient Pages, scientists suggested
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - All around the world there are magnificent ancient structures that show our ancestors have always been interested in studying the skies. Our interest
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Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com - Archaeologists are trying to solve an ancient mystery and that is not easy because there are several contradicting theories. Around Jerusalem, there are several
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AncientPages.com - Comets and meteors have fascinated the human race since they were first spotted in the night sky. But without science and space exploration to aid understanding
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient astronomical observatories can be found on both American continents and elsewhere. Ancient people who built ziggurats, temples, and observatories, aligned them to exact
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Maya were excellent astronomers who regularly observed the heavens. They studied various celestial objects, recorded important astronomical events, and could predict the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient times the elusive planet Mercury was known under a variety of different names such as Nabu, Thoth, Hermes, Apollo, Buddha and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The magnificent Inca Machu Picchu ruins fascinate people of the modern world. Standing on the highest elevation within the Inca citadel is the
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AncientPages.com - The quest for the elusive Planet Nine continues. The mythical “Planet X” may actually be real, and scientists are calling it “Planet Nine.” Over the years, several astronomers
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A. Sutherland- AncientPages.com - A fascinating ancient rock carving in India depicts two very bright objects visible in the sky. When scientists examined the carving they soon understood
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our ancestors were fascinated with the night sky. They watched the movements of celestial bodies, observed solar and moon eclipses and created calendars
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