In Search of Ancient AstronomiesEdwin C. Krupp |
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Sources of Illustrations ix | 1 |
The illustrations on pages 168 170 171 181 are by Anthony F Aveni on page 196 | 11 |
Observatory after Euan W MacKie page 228 by the Griffith Observatory after | 19 |
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Alexander Thom ancient appear archaeo-astronomy archaeologist astronomical alignments Aubrey Circle Aubrey Holes axis backsight Big Horn Medicine bluestones building cairn calendar Caracol celestial equator centre century Chichén Itzá constellations cycle Däniken decans declination degrees diameter direction Dogon earth east Egypt Egyptian equinox feet foresight full moon geometry Hawkins Heel Stone heliacal rising horizon Horn Medicine Wheel Hoyle inclination perturbation Indians indicate interpretation Karnak known Lockyer lunar standstill major standstill mark markers Maya Medicine Wheel megalith builders megalithic yards menhirs Mesoamerican Monte Albán monuments moon's orbit mounds Newham node northern major standstill observations observatories orientation pattern planet Pleiades position possible post holes precession prehistoric Pyramid rings rising and setting Sarsen Sarsen Circle Sirius solar solstitial standstill moonset star clock Stonehenge structure summer solstice summer solstice sunrise summer solstice sunset sun's Temple of Amen-Ra Teotihuacán Velikovsky Venus winter solstice winter solstice sunrise