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JQ Jacobs

@RadicalAnthro
Following lunar orbits and earth rotations, simple counting and thinking heliocentrically, reveals precise astronomy constant.
"Ancient Astronomy, Integers, Great Ratios, and Aristarchus"
jqjacobs.net/astro/aristarchus
#ReclaimTime by understanding the fundamental cosmic motions.
"Eclipses, Cosmic Clockwork of the Ancients"
jqjacobs.net/astro/eclipse.htm
#Cosmology #Archaeoastronomy #Astronomy
#Eclipses

Chaco Canyon pictograph commonly interpreted as astronomy themed, a crescent, a ten-pointed "star" and a handprint near the Penasco Blanco great house. Photo jqjacobs.net
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Luke Drury

Tomorrow is the winter solstice and with a bit of luck, if the sky is clear, the rising sun will illuminate the central chamber of the Newgrange tumulus. This will be live-streamed from 8:40 UTC. The astronomical alignment is very precise and as my colleague Tom Ray showed some years ago was even more accurate at the time of construction.

gov.ie/ga/preasraitis/445b8-te

carrowkeel.com/files/tomray.ht

www.gov.ieWinter Solstice livestream link now available - watch the illumination of chamber on shortest day of the year!
#Astrodon#ArchaeoAstronomy#WinterSolstice
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JQ Jacobs

@cosmos4u
Great idea Daniel. Cloudy and rain here on the Oregon coast, albeit the clouds parted for several minutes in front of the moon last night. Impressively out of place.
Wish I was at Newark Earthworks again this time. I was there in Oct. 2005 for lunar major.
jqjacobs.net/archaeo/octagon.h
jqjacobs.net/blog/newark.html
I'll watch moonrise online tonight:
griffithobservatory.org/extrem
#Archaeoastronomy #Archaeology #Astronomy #Hopewell #Earthworks

Newark Octagon Earthwork aerial view with lunar major alignment illustrating the coincidence with phi value of the angle cosine. From jqjacobs.net
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Discovery of goat-fish petroglyph unveils Egyptian understanding of zodiac symbols

Researchers have identified a unique petroglyph in Egypt’s el-Hosh region that likely represents the zodiac sign Capricornus, a hybrid creature with the forequarters of a goat and the hindquarters of a fish...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2024/11/goa

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Discovery of goat-fish petroglyph unveils Egyptian understanding of zodiac symbols Researchers have identified a unique petroglyph in Egypt’s el-Hosh region that likely represents the zodiac sign Capricornus, a hybrid creature with the forequarters of a goat and the hindquarters of a fish. This discovery, led by Dr. Linda Evans of Macquarie University, Australia, and her colleagues, has been documented in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. It represents the first known instance of a zodiac symbol in Egyptian rock art.
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Ancient carvings at Göbekli Tepe may represent world’s oldest calendar

Recent research has revealed what may be the world’s oldest known lunisolar calendar, discovered at the ancient archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey. Carved into a massive stone pillar nearly 13,000 years ago, the intricate markings likely record a catastrophic comet strike...

More info: archaeologymag.com/2024/08/wor

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Ancient carvings at Göbekli Tepe may represent world’s oldest calendar Recent research has revealed what may be the world’s oldest known lunisolar calendar, discovered at the ancient archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey. Carved into a massive stone pillar nearly 13,000 years ago, the intricate markings likely record a catastrophic comet strike, an event that researchers believe played a pivotal role in the development of human civilization...
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New research reveals the Greek lunar calendar tracking in the Antikythera mechanism

Recent research has unveiled that the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient device often hailed as the world’s oldest known computer, tracked the Greek lunar calendar, rather than the Egyptian solar calendar as previously thought...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2024/06/gre

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New research reveals the Greek lunar calendar tracking in the Antikythera mechanism Recent research has unveiled that the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient device often hailed as the world’s oldest known computer, tracked the Greek lunar calendar, rather than the Egyptian solar calendar as previously thought. The Antikythera mechanism, discovered in 1901 by sponge divers exploring a sunken shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, dates back approximately 2,200 years...
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