Stars, Stones and Scholars: The Decipherment of the Megaliths as an Ancient Survey of the Earth by AstronomyThe hermetic tradition claims "As above, so below". Did the ancients mean that literally? Stars, Stones and Scholars shows that many ancient megalithic sites are not tombs, but are remnants of ancient local, regional and perhaps even larger Neolithic surveys of the Earth by Stone Age astronomy, with gigantic stones being placed as immovable survey markers. Circa 40 photographs, 240 drawings and 80 maps show how megaliths were carved and "sculpted" with figures and cupmarks (holes in the stones) to represent stars and constellations, long before the modern astrological Zodiac was known. Megalithic sites from England (Stonehenge), Wales (Paviland), Scotland (Clava Cairns), Ireland (Newgrange, Knowth), Germany (Externsteine), Benelux (Weris), France (Carnac), Italy (La Spezia), Malta (Tarxien), Greece, Turkey (Anatolia), Scandinavia (Tanum), the Baltic, Russia, the Near East, the Far East (China and Japan), Africa, Central and South America (Tikal, Maya, Aztecs), Oceania (Hawaii), The USA (Cahokia, Miami Circle, Clovis) and Canada (Peterborough Petroglyphs) are included in this fascinating book. |
Contents
KEYWORD INDEX to Stars Stones and Scholars | 380 |
Table of Contents | vii |
In order to keep the Keyword Index as short as possible | xvi |
Deciphered Megaliths of Scotland by Site 57 | 57 |
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Africa alpha Andis Kaulins Andromeda Aquarius Aquila Aries astronomical Auriga Autumn Equinox Balnuaran of Clava Baltic Barrow bird Boötes Cancer Canis Major Capricorn capstone Carina Carnac carved Cassiopeia Centaurus Cepheus Cetus Clava Cairns Corona Borealis Corvus County Crux cupmarked stone Cygnus Deciphered Megaliths Decipherment and Copyright Decipherment Copyright 2002 Deneb Dolmen Draco earthworks Egypt Eridanus Externsteine figure Gaelic Gemini geodetic survey head Hercules hole Hyades Hydra Hydrus Ireland Kents Cavern Lacerta Latvian Lupus Malta marks the stars megalithic sites megaliths Menhir Merlin Milky Neolithic North Celestial Pole North Ecliptic Pole Ophiuchus Orion Pavo Pegasus Perseus Pisces planisphere Pleiades Pole Star precession Pyramid Quoit represents the stars Richard Hinckley Allen Rock Drawing Rollright Stones Sagittarius Scotland Serpens Caput shape shows the stars Sky Map South Star Names stellar constellations Stone Sites Stonehenge Summer Solstice Taurus Temple triangulation Triangulum Ursa Major Ursa Minor Vela Virgo Wall Winter Solstice
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