Astronomical piggy. Original photo (cc) Del far.
A fairly common theme in astronomical explanations of ancient sites is that they were set up with a connection to the solstices. The statistical evidence leads me to think that it’s right, but it poses a serious problem, which day is the solstice? That should be an easy question [...]
Archive for August 23rd, 2007
Observing the solstice in ancient Greece
Posted in Ancient History, Archaeoastronomy, Astronomy, featured, tagged ancient greece on August 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
My del.icio.us bookmarks between the 21st of August and the 22nd of August
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These are things I’ve bookmarked between the 21st of August and the 22nd of August. I may not have read them all yet.
remote central: Siwa, Egypt: Fossil Footprint Could Be ‘2 Million Years Old’ - Hawass - Tim Jones explains the problem with carbon-dating a two million old footprint.
Deborah Lipstadt’s Blog: Armenian genocide: ADL reverses [...]
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