Mysteries and discoveries of archaeoastronomy

Archaeoastronomy is the fascinating “science of the stars and the stones”. Its main objective is to study the relationship between celestial cycles and the great monuments of the past, so as to better understand our ancestors’ knowledge of astronomy and unravel their symbolic world. If used with the due caution, this discipline yields formidable insights into the meaning of many wonders of the past, such as the pyramids of Egypt or the Inca citadels. In this book, written in an easy-to-follow style by an internationally acknowledged scholar of Archaeoastronomy, the reader is guided on a worldwide tour - from Stonehenge to Easter Island, from Chaco Canyon to the Nasca desert - in search of both the spectacular achievements and the surviving mysteries of this “new” science. The book ends with an in-depth discussion of the Archaeoastronomy of ancient Egypt in the pyramid age, presenting for the first time the surprising results of the author’s own recent research into one of the most fascinating archaeological sites of the world: the Giza plateau.