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The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy

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Overview

Syllabus

  • 01: Stonehenge and Archaeoastronomy
  • 02: The Real Stonehenge
  • 03: Alignments at Maes Howe and Newgrange
  • 04: Astronomy of Egypt's Great Pyramid
  • 05: Chaco Canyon and Anasazi Astronomy
  • 06: Ancient Cosmologies and Worldviews
  • 07: Meteorite Worship and Start of the Iron Age
  • 08: Eclipses, Comets, and Omens
  • 09: The Star of Bethlehem
  • 10: Origins of Western Constellations
  • 11: Chinese and Other Non-Western Constellations
  • 12: Origins and Influence of Astrology
  • 13: Tracking Planet Positions and Conjunctions
  • 14: Ancient Timekeeping and Calendars
  • 15: The Lunar Crescent and the Islamic Calendar
  • 16: Ancient Navigation: Polynesian to Viking
  • 17: Breakthroughs of Early Greek Astronomy
  • 18: The Genius of Hipparchus
  • 19: Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism
  • 20: How the Antikythera Mechanism Worked
  • 21: Achievements and Legacy of Ptolemy
  • 22: Star Catalogs from around the World
  • 23: How Ancient Astronomy Ended
  • 24: Ancient Astronomy and Modern Astrophysics
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Bradley E. Schaefer

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