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Earth and Sky: Megaliths

Earth and Sky: Megaliths. Stonehenge development. Earth and Sky: Megaliths. Stonehenge alignments Note both solar and lunar alignments come from earliest phase (Station Stone rectangle). Earth and Sky: Megaliths. Newgrange in Ireland (above) Maeshowe in Orkney (below).

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Earth and Sky: Megaliths

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  1. Earth and Sky: Megaliths Stonehenge development

  2. Earth and Sky: Megaliths Stonehenge alignments Note both solar and lunar alignments come from earliest phase (Station Stone rectangle)

  3. Earth and Sky: Megaliths Newgrange in Ireland (above)Maeshowe in Orkney (below)

  4. Earth and Sky: Lascaux Possible lunar month series? The Pleiades??

  5. Earth and Sky: Babylonia

  6. Earth and Sky: Babylonia Above, example of Babylonian numbers (Pythagoras’ theorem!) Right, Babylonian lunar table

  7. Earth and Sky: Babylonia Above, motion of Sun in Babylonian Systems A and B Left, Babylonian illustration of constellation (Sagittarius)

  8. Earth and Sky: China T’ang dynasty sky chart Chinese astronomers determining solstice

  9. Earth and Sky: Egypt Senmut “astronomical ceiling” Pyramid orientation using β Ursae Minoris & ζ Ursae Majoris (Kate Spence)

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