Directory of Archaeoastronomy Resources

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Archaeoastronomy is the study of how peoples in the past have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used what they saw and what role the sky played in their cultures. This category is for non-mainstream views on these subjects.

Subcategories

• Orion Theory
• Von Daniken, Erich

Resources in This Category

• Adventures in Astro-Archaeology:Dance of the Gods

  http://www.rushengineering.com/Siloam.Net/
  A research site for astronomical sources of world mythology and religions.

• Archaeoastronomy in Eastern Liguria

  http://www3.shiny.it/caprione/
  Megalithism and shamanism on Caprione's promontory: recent studies. Lerici, Italy.

• Archaeoastronomy Pages

  http://www.jqjacobs.net/astro/archaeoastronomy.html
  Links to all ancient astronomy related articles by James Q. Jacobs. Covers many cultures. Includes a bibliography and photos.

• Archaeoastronomy, Astrology and Ancient Egypt

  http://archaeoastronomy.alisonmoroney.com/
  Examines various unique aspects of Egyptian archaeoastronomy including the alignment of Khufu's southern shafts with ecliptic and lunar orbital places, the dating the GP to 4420BC, the astroarchaeological associations of the Narmer Palette and the King Lists.

• Archaeoastronomy.com

  http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/
  Overview of archaeoastronomy. Includes maps, almanacs and video archive.

• Archaeogeodesy, a Key to Prehistory

  http://www.jqjacobs.net/astro/aegeo.html
  Archaeogeodesy encompasses prehistoric and ancient place determination, point positioning, navigation, astronomy, and measure and representation of the earth and geodynamic phenomena.

• Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Research Association

  http://www.aas-ra.org/
  Official: includes information on astroarchaeology and extraterrestrials on earth; membership and contact information.

• Astrocrud

  http://astunit.com/astrocrud/astrocrud.htm
  Highlights of abuses of astronomy in archaeoastronomy.

• Earth's Precessional Cycle: The Sacred Geometry of Global Change

  http://www.lunarplanner.com/HolyCross.html
  Describes the Precessional Cross occurring now in Earth's ~25,000 year Precessional Cycle and the evolution of human consciousness.

• Heliocentric System and Precession of the Tholos of Epidavros

  http://users.otenet.gr/~altagr/english/main.htm
  The circular shape of the Monument represents two astronomical theories concerning the Sun: the Geocentric theory of the Sun's apparent course and the Heliocentric theory. In depth discussion of both aspects of this Greek monument.

• Oh My God, They Killed SOHO

  http://www.enterprisemission.com/oh_my_god.htm
  On Wednesday, June 24, 1998, at 7:16 p.m., EDT, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint NASA/ESA spacecraft, mysteriously went "off-line".

• Philip C. Steffey, Ph.D. Astronomy

  http://home.earthlink.net/~pcstef/index.html
  Astronomy: scientific, archaic, educational, and popular.

• Prehistoric Northern Europe, from Stone to Iron

  http://www.rook.org/heritage/euro/prehistoric.html
  A part of the Rook family's project, integrating family history and genealogy into the broader context of culture, history, and place.

• Review-Essay of Mayan Prophecies

  http://edj.net/mc2012/mproph.htm
  By John Major Jenkins, author of Maya Cosmogenesis 2012. A number of flaws in their book are highlighted.

• Sacred Sites

  http://www.luckymojo.com/sacredlinks.html
  Links to sites relevant to astroarchaeology, ethnoastronomy, sacred geometry, geomancy, Ley lines, Feng Shui, and earth mysteries.

• Symbolic Messengers

  http://www.symbolicmessengers.com/primer.htm
  Addresses the widespread use of astronomical symbols on medieval coins, with an introduction to the use of these symbols on ancient coins.

• The Nebra Sky Disc

  http://www.himmelsscheibe-online.de/
  An alternative interpretation of the Nebra Sky Disc.

• The Runic Sky

  http://alynptyltd.tripod.com/TheRunicSky/TheRunicSky.htm
  Shows how the Norse runes can be applied to star patterns in the Northern Sky and how it relates to the runes' meaning.

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