The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Discover the ancient sky with an award-winning teacher and noted astronomer.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Stonehenge and Archaeoastronomy
- 02: The Real Stonehenge
- 03: Alignments at Maes Howe and Newgrange
- 04: Astronomy of Egypt's Great Pyramid
- 05: Chaco Canyon and Anasazi Astronomy
- 06: Ancient Cosmologies and Worldviews
- 07: Meteorite Worship and Start of the Iron Age
- 08: Eclipses, Comets, and Omens
- 09: The Star of Bethlehem
- 10: Origins of Western Constellations
- 11: Chinese and Other Non-Western Constellations
- 12: Origins and Influence of Astrology
- 13: Tracking Planet Positions and Conjunctions
- 14: Ancient Timekeeping and Calendars
- 15: The Lunar Crescent and the Islamic Calendar
- 16: Ancient Navigation: Polynesian to Viking
- 17: Breakthroughs of Early Greek Astronomy
- 18: The Genius of Hipparchus
- 19: Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism
- 20: How the Antikythera Mechanism Worked
- 21: Achievements and Legacy of Ptolemy
- 22: Star Catalogs from around the World
- 23: How Ancient Astronomy Ended
- 24: Ancient Astronomy and Modern Astrophysics
Taught by
Bradley E. Schaefer
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