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

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

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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.

Gods in the Sky: Astronomy, Religion and Culture from the Ancients to the Renaissance,Allan Chapman,Channel 4 Book,0752261649,Astronomy - General,Science,Science/Mathematics

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