In the countries outside Egypt the equinoctial cult prevailed. An architect today will speak of “orienting” a church, by which he means strictly “making it face east”; and most Catholic and Episcopal churches try to be so oriented. But in Egypt the fight between the equinoxes and the solstices formed a great part of history, and in the end the… (more…)
Category Archives: The Ecliptic is the Path of the Sun
- Important events in astronomical history
- 24 Hours is a Clumsy Mode of Expression
- 50 Years of Listening for Aliens
- A Slightly Inaccurate Calculation
- Astronomers in the Middle Ages
- Babylonian Astrology
- Big Clue to Stonehenge
- China UFO sparks rampant speculation
- Chinese Science and the Equinox
- Dissapearance of Water Clocks
- Early Studies in the Nature of lLight
- Greek Gods of the Sun
- Ingenuity and Scientific Care in Egyptian Construction
- Local Mean Time of the Observation and GMT
- Monotheism in the Valley of the Nile
- Moon Complicated Everything
- Noon and Sunset
- Polar Auroras or Dance of the Spirits
- Sand Glasses Vs. Water Clocks
- Seasonal Change from Summer to Winter
- Space and Galaxies
- Sun's Changing Declination
- The Astronomy in Babylonia
- The Belt Known as the Zodiac
- The Chinese Observed Sunspots in Ancient Tmes
- The Ecliptic is the Path of the Sun
- The End of Twilight
- The Evening and the Morning
- The First Great Division of Time
- The Little "Rings with Wings"
- The Moon Goddesses
- The Moon is Irregular
- The Moon is Linked with the Superstitions
- The Sight of Earthshine
- The Sun was Worshiped as a God
- The Time Has Come…
- The Wrath of Heaven
- Thousands flock to see asteroid pod in Japan
- Time Appears to Be Neglected
- Time Reckoning Methods in Rome
- Universe and Secrets
- We Have Babylon…
- What is the Sun Declination?
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