Archaeoastronomy Archaeoastronomy Ale's Stones (Ales stenar in Swedish) is a megalithic monument in Scania in southern Sweden, from circa 500 BC, that is, the end of the Nordic Bronze Age and the beginning of the Pre-Roman Iron Age. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ale's Stones"
The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient artifact believed to be an early clockwork mechanism. It was discovered in a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, between Kythera and Crete, and has been dated to about 87 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antikythera mechanism"
Archaeoastronomy (also spelled Archeoastronomy) is the study of astronomy in its cultural context, drawing on archaeological and anthropological evidence. One aspect of it employs astronomical examination of archaeological sites to gain insights into the roles of astronomy in past cultures. A second aspect (sometimes known by the term ethnoastronomy) examines anthropological and ethnohistorical evidence for the astronomical practices of more modern, historical cultures. A third aspect of archaeoastronomy focuses on the concerns of astronomers, using the historical record of early astronomical observations to study past astronomical events. It also may involve the use of astronomical knowledge and extrapolation to further our understanding of the historical record. ...more on Wikipedia about "Archaeoastronomy"
A huge debate was triggered by the 1963 publication of Stonehenge Decoded, by British born astronomer Gerald Hawkins, who claimed to see a large number of alignments, both lunar and solar, and argued that Stonehenge could have been used to predict eclipses. Hawkins' book received wide publicity, partly because he used a computer in his calculations, then a rarity. Archaeologists were suspicious in the face of further contributions to the debate coming from British astronomer C. A. 'Peter' Newham and Sir Fred Hoyle, the famous Cambridge Cosmologist, as well as by Alexander Thom, a retired professor of engineering, who had been studying stone circles for more than 20 years. Their theories have faced criticism in recent decades from Richard Atkinson and others who have suggested impracticalities in the 'Stone Age calculator' interpretative approach. ...more on Wikipedia about "Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge"
The Nebra sky disk is associatively dated to c. 1600 BC and attributed to a site at Nebra, Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nebra skydisk"
The Stone ship was a Gemanic burial custom, typical for Scandinavia with scattered examples in Northern Germany and along the coast of the Baltic States (where they are called devil ships). They are believed to have represented the actual burning ship in which the dead was sent out to the sea. Excavations have shown that they are usually from the latter part of the Nordic Bronze Age ca. 1000 BC - 500 BC (e.g. Gotland) or from the Germanic Iron Age, the Vendel Age and the Viking Age (e.g. Blekinge and Scania). ...more on Wikipedia about "Stone ship"
The theory of Uriel's Machine is postulated in a book of the same name by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas ...more on Wikipedia about "Uriel's machine"
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