Part 3: Archaeoastronomy Archaeoastronomy is the study of how people in the ancient past have understood and used the phenomena in the sky, and what role the sky played in their cultures. Ancient monuments and writings from around the world are undeniable proof that thousands of years ago people had advanced astronomical knowledge. We propose that in fact all ancient sites … [Read more...]
Ancient Timekeepers, Part 2: Observing the Sky
Ancient Timekeepers, Part 2: Observing the Sky We perceive the universe we inhabit has three dimensions of space and one dimension of time. Our planet wobbles slowly like a gyroscope in space spinning once per day while it “circles” the sun during its annual course. Despite of observing the sky from the "moving point of view", ancient astronomers were able to discover and … [Read more...]
Ancient Timekeepers, Part 1: Movements of the Earth
Ancient Timekeepers It seems that ancient people had knowledge about the astronomical cycles of the Earth equal to our modern knowledge. Explore with us how the ancient astronomers could have discovered and precisely measured these cycles without any prior knowledge about them and without advanced technology we have today. This article is presented in 3 separate parts (part … [Read more...]
Antikythera Mechanism – Reconstruction
Antikythera Mechanism WHEN a Greek sponge diver called Elias Stadiatos discovered the wreck of a cargo ship (it is now accepted that the wreck occurred during the first century B.C.) off the tiny island of Antikythera in 1900, it was the statues lying on the seabed that made the greatest impression on him. He returned to the surface, removed his helmet, and gabbled that he … [Read more...]
Teotihaucan: A Theory of who and what we are
A few weeks ago, I turned to find myself staring at half a century of living. One of the many gifts that I received from my wife for having reached this "golden" birthday, was a book entitled TEOTIHUACAN, THE CITY OF GODS. It was a book that I noticed at the "Splendors" exhibit (3000 years of Mexican Art) in 1991 at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Since Teotihaucan happens … [Read more...]