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The Stones of Time: Calendars, Sundials, and Stone Chambers of Ancient Ireland - Couverture souple

Brennan, Martin

 
9780892815098: The Stones of Time: Calendars, Sundials, and Stone Chambers of Ancient Ireland
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0892815094 ISBN 13 : 9780892815098
Editeur : Inner Traditions, 1994

Synopsis

This revealing text describes the exciting discovery and deciphering of the 5,000-year-old stone chambers and standing stones of pre-Celtic Ireland. At midwinter sunrise, Martin Brennan and his research partner observed a beam of light shining into the central chamber at Newgrange, illuminating a series of glyphs on the back wall. They went on to observe significant solar and lunar events at other chambers and stone complexes in the Boyne Valley and Loughcrew Mountains. Through a combination of careful observation, analysis of the astronomical alignment of the sites, and personal insight into the meanings of megalithic symbols and carvings, Brennan demonstrates conclusively that the passage mounds and chambers are actually sophisticated calendar devices, and that the abstract wheels, spirals, zigzags, and wavy lines are symbols of solar and lunar timekeeping.

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À propos de l'auteur

Martin Brennan trained in visual communication at Pratt Institute. He has travelled extensively in Mexico where his interests in prehistoric rock inscriptions, ritual, and traditional art developed. Spending more than a decade in Ireland engaged in active research on megalithic art, he tapped into some of the earliest methods of recording numbers and the fundamental beginnings of writing, and reported these startling discoveries in his critically acclaimed The Stars and Stones, later reissued as The Stones of Time. He is also the author of Hidden Maya. He lives and teaches in Boulder, Colorado.

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Éditeur
Inner Traditions
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0892815094
ISBN 13 
9780892815098
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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