Depiction of the 19 years of the Metonic cycle as a wheel, with the Julian date of the Easter New Moon, from a 9th-century computistic manuscript made in St. Emmeram's Abbey (Clm 14456, fol. 71r) For astronomy and calendar studies, the Metonic cycle or Enneadecaeteris (from Ancient Greek words meaning "nineteen years") is a period of very close to 19 years … [Read more...]
Truth Hidden in Plain Sight: How did they know?
Copyright 2015 A. Sokolowski Do not reproduce without permission Philosophy is written in this grand book – I mean the universe — which stands continually open to our gaze. But it cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and interpret the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are … [Read more...]
The Gate of the Sun Calendar from Ancient Tiwanacu
Introduction - Age of Tiwanaku Posnansky calculated the age of Tiwanaku in the following manner, "it has been noted that when the observer stands at the center of the west wall of Kalasasaya of the Second Period, the north and south pillars of the east wall are so located that the sun would rise at the solstices on the outer corners of these pillars. Also approximately at … [Read more...]
The Dark Side of Dark Matter
Dark Matter - Introduction In astronomy and cosmology, dark matter is a type of matter hypothesized to account for a large part of the total mass in the universe. Dark matter cannot be seen directly with telescopes; evidently it neither emits nor absorbs light or other electromagnetic radiation at any significant level. Instead, its existence and properties are inferred from … [Read more...]
Theory of the Universe
Introduction The Universe Quantum Physics Microscopic Universe What Is Time? Determinism, Quantum Physics, Consciousness, Information... - - - Theory of the Universe Copyright by Leonardo RubinoPresented with author's permission Note: In this post we present fragments of few articles written by Leonardo Rubino. Below each segment there is a link to the full … [Read more...]
Ancient Time Keepers, Part 3: Archaeoastronomy
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 of … [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...]