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Carving the Cosmos -- Astronomical analysis of petroglyphs on sandstone panels, Arizona. Visit

Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy -- An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy. The course has a goal of imparting an understanding of basic astronomical phenomena & an appreciation of their cultural significance throughout the world. Visit

Aboriginal Star Knowledge -- Native American Astronomy, with a focus on Lakota star knowledge. Visit

University of Massachusetts Sunwheel -- A project to build a stone circle aligned to the sunrises & sunsets of the solstices & equinoxes, as well as the north pole star, for use by the community as a tool for education & outreach. Visit

AR315 Lecture Timetable -- Archaeoastronomy Lecture notes & photographs from Leicester University. Visit

Ancient Tomb Captured Both Sun & Moon -- A completely unique prehistoric tomb in Ireland has been revealed to align to both the midsummer Sun & the midwinter Moon. BBC article (April 8, 1999) Visit

Cursus: solving a 6,000-year-old puzzle -- An article from 'British Archaeology' magazine arguing for an astronomical motive for the building of some cursus monuments in prehistoric Britain. Visit

An archaeoastronomy sensation from Germany? -- Report on the display of the Sky Disc of Nebra from The Cosmic Mirror #236. (April 19, 2002) Visit

How the Shaman Stole the Moon -- An archaeoastronomy book by William H. Calvin of the University of Washington. The book, which describes a dozen ways of predicting eclipses, can be purchased or downloaded for personal reading at no charge. Visit

Ligustic archaeoastronomy -- Ligurian Archaeoastronomy, mainly in Italian but with some English & German translations. Visit

Loughcrew Megalithic Cairns - Ireland -- An introduction the to astronomical theories surrounding these Irish Neolithic Cairns. Visit

The Sophia Project -- A project run by the Sophia Trust to advance the scholarly study of astrology & cultural astronomy in British institutions of higher education. Visit

Alun -- Alun Salt's weblog, musing on archaeoastronomy. Visit

Temple Orientation & Heliacal Stars -- Orientation of Greek & Egyptian temples & the role of astronomy in the setting of temple orientation. Visit

Archaeo-astronomical hypotheses on some Ligurian engravings -- Study of rupestral engravings in Italy. Visit

Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon -- The Exploratorium's multimedia website on the site of Chaco Canyon. Includes a webcast from the Winter Solstice 2004. Visit

Ancient Astronomy -- An interactive atlas of the world links to the archaeoastronomy & multicultural cosmology of ancient times. Visit

BBC World Service: The Stargazers of Ancient Egypt -- Dr Kate Spence's theory of the cardinal alignment of Great Pyramid explained. Visit

Archaeoastronomy -- Well developed site featuring articles & photographs on a number of significant sites & their Archaeoastronomy Visit

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