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sanitizing history - History of Archaeoastronomy (confuse readers, give them more, revert back)
muzzling dissent - Fringe archaeoastronomy (when authority is challenged, just delete balance)
sanctifying archaeology - Politics of Archaeoastronomy (contrarian viewpoint trashed, fast)

Archaeoastronomy

Stones of Wonder - why archaeology is ill-prepared to evaluate archaeoastronomy, free of its bias and agenda
Archaeogeodesy - tangential to archaeoastronomy by instructor James Q. Jacobs
related items - links to discoveries, news & views, mainstream & alternative, worldwide

Archaeoastronomy videos

Kensington Rune Stone - TV report on recent geological analysis reversing conventional scholarly dismissal of it as a hoax about ancient Norse travels to the upper midwest
Rollin Gillespie on YouTube - 3 minute feature video of an archaeoastronomer in 1984
Secrets of the Stones - pilot by Esras films, Dublin, Ireland, on archaeoastronomer Martin Brennan
Martin Brennan on YouTube - 3 minute feature video at Oklahoma's Anubis Caves, spring equinox 2007
The Cygnus Enigma - mini-documentary featuring Mythical Ireland's Anthony Murphy
Newgrange Winter Solstice 2007 - Heritage Ireland (Office of Public Works) archived webcast at Newgrange on December 21: sunrise event follows 5 minutes about the monument and its winter solstice alignment
Newgrange on YouTube - 6 minute highlights by Victor Reijs of the OPW Newgrange 2007 web stream

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Modern Astronomy

Night Sky Info - weekly info about the night sky, star charts, astronomy articles and observations
Sky & Telescope - this week's sky at a glance
Astronomy Picture of the Day - new image daily with an astronomer's caption
NASA Space Calendar - dates of significant celestial events in the coming year
Lunar Occultations & Grazes - for planets, stars and our sun (that's called a solar eclipse)

Virtual Astronomy

Galaxiki - web 2.0 wiki based virtual galaxy, user editable, launched July 2007
Apparent Disk of Solar System Object - U.S.N.O. generates a synthetic image of the moon or other solar system object for specified date and time
Online Orrery - displays of relative positions of solar system planets in their orbits, and more, interactive
Earth and Moon Viewer - choose among points of view and layouts for an illuminated earth or moon right now
Solar Orthographic Projections - determine sunrise & sunset locations on your horizon for solstices, equinoxes and cross quarters
Victor Reijs - archaeocosmology tools for determining declination, azimuth, and altitude; many more links

Time Keeping

Official U.S. Time - National Institute of Standards & Technology's Time & Frequency Division
Websurf Astronomical Databank - Royal Observatory Greenwich, HM Nautical Almanac Office
Equinoxes & Solstices, 2000-2020 - compiled by U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington D.C.
Sunrise/Sunset tables - U.S.N.O. calculates annual data based on location of your choice
Solar and Lunar Eclipses - U.S.N.O. table of eclipses worldwide, 2004-2009
Wolfram Research - time shifts of autumnal equinox adjusting for leap years in Gregorian calendar
Temporal Epoch Calculations - subtle variations in astronomical "constants" by James Q. Jacobs
2012 Galactic Alignment predicted by Mayan Sites - by researcher John Major Jenkins
Mystery of the Calendar - Vladimir Pakhomov's research claims of secret codes embedded in earliest calendars

Australia

The PaGaian Cosmology Website by Glenys Livingstone, Ph. D., Blue Mountains, AUS, celebrating natural human spirituality, honoring our home planet's seasonal cycles, a primal lesson about change and balance to All Life on Earth - includes text of book of the same name, essays and a discussion forum
The Universe Story as Unfolding of the Triple Goddess and Her Seasonal Celebration by Glenys Livingstone, a cosmological fable for those south of the Equator, where the tub water drains counter-clockwise and Gaia connectivity and different stars in the night sky provide an alternative to the northern hemisphere's dominant cosmic orientation

England and Wales

The Megalithic Portal - index of UK sites, travel tips and forums managed by Andy Burnham
Megalithic Mysteries - excellent anthology site, Burnham's predecessor to megalithic.co.uk
The Antiquarian Society - events, newsletters throughout the year, by Stuart Mason
Simon Banton's blog - archaeoastronomical alignments of Salisbury Plain area, Simon's home
Stonehenge: Heaven on Earth - purports henge was a model for astrolabe, by Dean Talboys
Archaeoastronomy at Stonehenge Using Computer Methods - by Charles Webster
Stonehenge Station Stones - sacred geometry musings and music
Avebury as a map of the world - by Ralph Ellis, Edfu Books
Thornborough Curcus - restoration of 3500BC neolithic site in North Yorkshire tied to Orion
Mid Atlantic Geomancy: Archaeoastronomy - guide Sig Lonegren, Glastonbury, Somerset

Europe

Victor Reijs - video & stills of solar events at sites in Ireland, Scotland, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium & Greece
Stone Pages - a guide to European megaliths and other ancient sites

Egypt

Secret of Pyramids - Vladimir Pakhovmov proposes star positions influenced placement of Eygptian pyramids
Giza Plateau - World Map? - Vladimir Pakhovmov sees topology of the Giza Plateau as matching the coastal outline of ancient North America
Astronomical dating of Khufu's Pyramid to 4420 BC - the astronomical alignment of the shafts with fixed astronomical planes and features; by Alison Moroney of Australia

Germany

Archaeoastronomy, Ancient Astronomy & Ethnoastronomy - links from the University of Bonn, Germany

Iran

Archaeoastronomy in Iran - by Manoochehr Arian (Zia), Tower of Radkan solar observatory, inspired Farsi "Tonight I am with stars" music, illustrated
Archaeoastronomy in Iran - by Reza Moradi Ghiasabadi, Studies of Iranian (Persian) archaeoastronomy and calendrical structure

Ireland

Mythical Ireland - Mythical Ireland is a comprehensive website which examines the Irish Stone Age monuments in the context of astronomy, art, mythology and archaeology, and looks specifically at how capable the mound-builders were in relation to astronomy and knowledge of the sun, moon and stars. Many of their sites have survived over 5,000 years, and some, like Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth and Loughcrew, continue to function today. Of particular interest:
- Island of the Setting Sun: In Search of Ireland's Ancient Astronomers by Anthony Murphy and Richard Moore
Knowth.com - Boyne Valley Megalithic Tombs: Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Loughcrew, Fourknocks, Tara
Loughcrew Cairn T - Equinox site in the western mountains of County Meath
22 March 2004 sunrise - illumination of backstone at Loughcrew, Cairn T, shot by Michael Fox
The Sacred Island - by artist, researcher & guide Martin Byrne
Irish archaeoastronomy - www.bluhorizonlines.org by Paul Griffin
Time Line of the Celts - 1200 B.C. to 446 A.D.
Every Ogham Thing on the Web - includes Ogham fonts for Mac computers

Portugal

Stones and Stars Project - study of possible astronomical orientation of megalithic chamber sites in south-central Portugal

Scotland

Megalithics.com - Maggie & Keith Davidson's archive of 3500 images including many interactive VR panoramas of Scottish, English, Irish & Welsh sites
Stones of Wonder - Prehistoric Observatories in Scotland

USA

Europeans 800 years before Columbus - petroglyphs and skeletal finds in WV from 700 CE
Gungywamp Society - preservationists for pre-historic lithic site near Groton, Connecticut
Lithic Sites - in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut
New England Antiquities Research Association - study and preservation of stone sites, founded 1964
Grave Creek Mound - oldest map of WV earthworks with possible solar & lunar alignments
Big Horn Medicine Wheel - near Cody, Wyoming
Sun Dagger - Anasazi spiral solar target, Fajada Butte, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Chimney Rock Archaeological Area Major Lunar Standstill site in southwestern Colorado
V-Bar-V Heritage Site Coconino National Forest by Sedona, AZ, rock panel sun cast slideshows denoting key dates

Interpretation of Inscriptions

Epigraphy Forum - List Server for discussion of Precolumbian Transoceanic Contact & Cultural Diffusionism

Exploratory Adventures

Ley Lines - centered at Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, pivotal in the Old Straight Track
Stones of Wonder - theories of The Old Straight Track author/antiquarian Alfred Watkins
Sacred Sites - Pilgrim anthropologist Martin Gray shares his travels to over 1000 places in 80 countries
Magic Planet - Collection of wonderful photos by Martin Gray