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Author : Emmeline Mary Plunket
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Ancient Calendars and Constellations written by Emmeline Mary Plunket and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emmeline Mary PLUNKET (Hon.)
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Download or read book Ancient Calendars and Constellations ... With Illustrations written by Emmeline Mary PLUNKET (Hon.) and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emmeline Plunket
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 159605414X
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Calendars and Constellations of the Ancient World written by Emmeline Plunket and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great temple of Amen-Ra at Thebes... is oriented to the setting sun of the season so important to Egyptians, that of the summer solstice, and this fact strengthens the opinion that Amen was considered to be a god in some way presiding over the course of the year and its right measurement. -from "Amen and the Egyptian Year" First published in 1903 as Ancient Calendars and Constellations, this overview of early astronomical observations and how they influenced the belief systems and religions of early civilizations quickly became a resource later scholars looked to for guidance. From the very beginnings of astronomy, nearly 8,000 years ago, to the more "modern" ancient astronomies of Greece, Egypt, India, Persia, and China, this charming and erudite book will fascinate students of science, history, and mythology as well as lovers of the night sky.
Author : Emmeline Mary Plunket
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ISBN 13 : 9781375581653
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (816 download)
Download or read book Ancient Calendars and Constellations written by Emmeline Mary Plunket and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emmeline M. Plunket
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781497880542
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Ancient Calendars and Constellations written by Emmeline M. Plunket and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1903 Edition.
Author : EMMELINE M. PLUNKET
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ISBN 13 : 9781033527078
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (27 download)
Download or read book ANCIENT CALENDARS AND CONSTELLATIONS, 1903 written by EMMELINE M. PLUNKET and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : HardPress
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781313054706
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (547 download)
Download or read book Ancient Calendars and Constellations written by HardPress and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Calendars and Constellations of the Ancient World written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emmeline Mary Plunket
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ISBN 13 : 9781293352601
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (526 download)
Download or read book Ancient Calendars and Constellations - Primary Source Edition written by Emmeline Mary Plunket and published by . This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author : Hon. Emmeline Mary Plunket
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Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (622 download)
Download or read book Ancient Calendars and Constellations, By Emmeline M. Plunket written by Hon. Emmeline Mary Plunket and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. M. Plunket
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Ancient Calendars and Constellations written by H. M. Plunket and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John M. Steele
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782974938
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)
Download or read book Calendars and Years written by John M. Steele and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2007-10-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new moon crescent that defined the beginning of the month in many calendars, while others incorporated schematic simplifications of these phenomena, such as the 360-day year used in early Mesopotamian administrative practices in order to simplify accounting procedures. Historians frequently use handbooks and tables for converting dates in ancient calendars into the familiar BC/AD calendar that we use today. But very few historians understand how these tables have come about, or what assumptions have been made in their construction. The seven papers in this volume provide an answer to the question what do we know about the operation of calendars in the ancient world, and just as importantly how do we know it? Topics covered include the ancient and modern history of the Egyptian 365-day calendar, astronomical and administrative calendars in ancient Mesopotamia, and the development of astronomical calendars in ancient Greece. This book will be of interest to ancient historians, historians of science, astronomers who use early astronomical records, and anyone with an interest in calendars and their development.
Author : Susan Milbrath
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292778511
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Star Gods of the Maya written by Susan Milbrath and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A prodigious work of unmatched interdisciplinary scholarship” on Maya astronomy and religion (Journal of Interdisciplinary History). Observations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars played a central role in ancient Maya lifeways, as they do today among contemporary Maya who maintain the traditional ways. This pathfinding book reconstructs ancient Maya astronomy and cosmology through the astronomical information encoded in Pre-Columbian Maya art and confirmed by the current practices of living Maya peoples. Susan Milbrath opens the book with a discussion of modern Maya beliefs about astronomy, along with essential information on naked-eye observation. She devotes subsequent chapters to Pre-Columbian astronomical imagery, which she traces back through time, starting from the Colonial and Postclassic eras. She delves into many aspects of the Maya astronomical images, including the major astronomical gods and their associated glyphs, astronomical almanacs in the Maya codices and changes in the imagery of the heavens over time. This investigation yields new data and a new synthesis of information about the specific astronomical events and cycles recorded in Maya art and architecture. Indeed, it constitutes the first major study of the relationship between art and astronomy in ancient Maya culture. “Milbrath has given us a comprehensive reference work that facilitates access to a very broad and varied body of literature spanning several disciplines.” ―Isis “Destined to become a standard reference work on Maya archeoastronomy . . . Utterly comprehensive.” —Andrea Stone, Professor of Art History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Author : Ranee Katzenstein
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892361425
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)
Download or read book The Leiden Aratea written by Ranee Katzenstein and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1988-12-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide to a ninth-century astronomical treatise, the Aratea, on loan from the University of Leiden and exhibited at the Museum. The book describes the manuscript, as a text. Subsequent chapters discuss ancient conceptions of the universe, the zodiacal signs, and the Planetarium miniatures. All miniatures from the manuscript are illustrated.
Author : Jonathan Ben-Dov
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047424190
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Head of All Years written by Jonathan Ben-Dov and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-11-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than being an isolated, primitive body of knowledge the Jewish calendar tradition of 364 days constituted an integral part of the astronomical science of the ancient world. This tradition—attested in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Pseudepigrapha—stands out as a coherent, novel synthesis, representing the Jewish authors’ apocalyptic worldview. The calendar is studied here both “from within”—analyzing its textual manifestations —and “from without”—via a comparison with ancient Mesopotamian astronomy. This analysis reveals that the calendrical realm constituted a significant case of inter-cultural borrowing, pertinent to similar such cases in ancient literature. Special attention is given to the “Book of Astronomy” (1 Enoch 72-82) and a variety of calendrical and liturgical texts from Qumran.
Author : Robert Hannah
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1849667519
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)
Download or read book Greek and Roman Calendars written by Robert Hannah and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularising its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it models the more or less regular movements of the celestial bodies - of the moon, the sun or the stars. Greek and Roman Calendars examines the ancient calendar as just such a time-piece, whose elements are readily described in astronomical and mathematical terms. The story of these calendars is one of a continuous struggle to maintain a correspondence with the regularity of the seasons and the sun, despite the fact that the calendars were usually based on the irregular moon. But on another, more human level, Greek and Roman Calendars steps beyond the merely mathematical and studies the calendar as a social instrument, which people used to organise their activities. It sets the calendars of the Greeks and Romans on a stage occupied by real people, who developed and lived with these time-pieces for a variety of purposes - agricultural, religious, political and economic.This is also a story of intersecting cultures, of Greeks with Greeks, of Greeks with Persians and Egyptians, and of Greeks with Romans, in which various calendaric traditions clashed or compromised.
Author : Geoff Stray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802716342
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)
Download or read book The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars written by Geoff Stray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-11-06 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only small, popular book on the important subject of ancient calendars. The study of heavenly cycles is common to most ancient cultures. The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians all tried to make sense of the year. But it fell to the later Mesoamerican Maya to create a series of calendars that could be cross referenced. In doing so, the Maya discovered many strange numerical harmonics. Their lunar calendar was extremely accurate-far more so than the Greek Metonic cycle; they tracked Venus to an accuracy of less than a day in five hundred years and their tables could have been used to predict eclipses seven hundred years in the future. This book will provide a much needed compact guide to the Mayan calendar systems as well as covering the essentials of calendar development throughout the world.
