![]() The ancients used them to create a star calendar. An agricultural marker star is a star of which the visibility cycle coincides with the agricultural seasons in a certain region (Hesiod, 2004). Footnote 3 The stars are visible and invisible in a fixed, annual pattern. ![]() They observed that stars contrary to planets, have a fixed course and position in the sky (Aratus, 2006). To plan longer term events, the ancients used the stars. For that reason, most of the ancient calendars started as a lunar calendar (Parker, 1950). The monthly moon phases were ideal to plan short term events. The significant similarities point at a shared heritage i.e., a star cult dating maybe as far back as the era of the Fertile Crescent at the dawn of mankind.Ĭontrary to modern man, the ancients had no calendar to plan activities. These unnoticed similarities indicate that the astro-religions of the Middle East are not stand alone cults. The latter has been overseen by scholars and underlines the importance of having at least a basic understanding of archaeoastronomy. The time is determined by an annual phenomenon of the marker star Sirius and Regulus, respectively. Not only the date can be calculated, but also the precise time. The coronation dates as mentioned in both texts display a similar configuration in the sky as substantiated by the configuration on the Lion Horoscope at the top of Mt. It is shown here that the Rosetta text is a precursor of the Nomos, based on textual and astronomical evidence. The text on the Egyptian Rosetta Stone describes the Ptolemaic astro-religion (Rosetta Stone Online Project). A text referred to as Nomos (Dörner) describes the astro-religion of Commagene (Crijns). Commagene was an independent and wealthy kingdom in the east of present Turkey from ca.
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