Ancient Astronomy

[[Syl]]

Just thought this was a cool article. Blends astronomy, art, and history. It almost reminds me of something out of Indiana Jones.

www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/science/spac ... tner=MYWAY

[Avatar]

Very interesting.

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[lurch]

...sorry ,,the link didn't work for me..firewall i suspect..but..if interested in that blend referrenced..each monthly Sky And Telescope magazine..E C Krupp of Griffith Observatory( Calif)..writes an article about how the ancients and not so ancients saw the constelations and what not..Perhaps the article is carried in some fashion at their web site.....MEL

[Sheriff Lytton]

For anyone who doesn't want to register with the New York times or has firewall problems, the article is reproduced here:

www.livejournal.com/users/qamar/220747.html