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Archaeoastronomy
- Archaeogeodesy - tangential to archaeoastronomy by instructor James Q. Jacobs
- Stones of Wonder - essay on why many archaeologists carry a chip on their shoulders
- related items - links to discoveries, news & views, mainstream & alternative, worldwide
Archaeoastronomy videos
- 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
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