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Gods in the Sky: Astronomy, Religion and Culture from the Ancients to the Renaissance

By Allan Chapman

Book information

Publisher
Channel 4 Book
Year
2001
ISBN
0752261649, 9780752261645
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (20890790 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
342\368
Time added
2024-11-11 17:04:20

Description

Gods in the Sky uses the remarkable story of early astronomy to reveal mysteries of early civilizationfrom the Ancient Egyptians through the Mayan civilization of Meso-America to Medieval Europe. Gods in the Sky reinterprets the meaning and significance of the buildings, art and inscriptions of the ancients, in the light of what historians have recently discovered about early astronomy.

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