Ancient Astronomy

Ancient Astronomy of India, Egypt, China, Maya, Inca, Aztec, Greece, Rome, Genesis, Hebrews, Christians, the Neolithic and Paleolithic.

CHAPTERS:

Prologue: Ancient Cosmologies: The Paleolithic and Neolithic Universe
1. Finding Our Place in the Cosmos: The Role of Astronomy In Ancient Cultures
2. Prehistoric Astronomers? Ancient Knowledge Created By Modern Myth
3. The Cosmology of the Paleolithic
4. Neolithic Cosmology: The Equinox and the Spring Full Moon
5. Ancient Greek-Roman Cosmology: Infinite, Eternal, Finite, Cyclic, and Multiple Universes
6. Astronomy and Psyche in the Classical World: Plato, Aristotle, Zeno, Ptolemy
7. “Let There Be Light!” The Genesis of Biblical Cosmology
8. The Cosmic Landscape in the Age of the Pyramids
9. Was There A Ptolemaic Revolution in Ancient Egyptian Astronomy? Souls, Stars & Cosmology
10. Cosmic Capitals and Numinous Precincts in Early China
11. Ancient Cosmologies: Understanding Ancient Skywatchers, Mayas, and their Worldviews
12. Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica:
13. Cosmology in the Inca Empire: Huaca Sanctuaries, State-Supported Pilgrimage, and Astronomy
14. Inca Solar Orientations in Southeastern Peru
15. Cosmic Cycles of Hindu Cosmology: Scientific Underpinnings and Implications
16. Visions of the Cosmos: Archaeoastronomy in Ancient India
17. Cosmology and the Death of Gods: New Age Religions, Anti-Christ, and Precession of the Equinox