Hi there, basically I need to find out where different zodiac signs would have been back in Jesus day, and before that. Does anybody know of anyplace online that has this kind of calender, showing the ancient zodiac?
anybody know online resource for ancient calenders, zodiac etc?
by The Nothing Man 7 Replies latest jw friends
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VM44
Sounds like you need an Astronomy Program to map out the constellations in the sky that would be seen in Ancient Times.
Let me try to find the name of the software Carl Jonsson uses, that might be the one you want to use.
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blondie
http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/
Just a quick glance this might be a start
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VM44
I found the name of the software.
It is mentioned in Carl Olof Jonsson's review article.
http://goto.glocalnet.net/kf2/review.htm
and the name of the software is "Sky Map"
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The Nothing Man
many thanks!
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whitman
If you are able to get Sky Map to work for you, can you please let me know. I tried a few years ago but I had problems.
If you are after literary evidence, Hesiod's 'Works and Days' is a good starting point for evidence of astronomy. There is a load of other literary pieces as well. I'm happy to send you a bibliography if you want that much detail. Calandars are tricky and often there was not a uniform method of calculating months across the Graeco-Roman world. At one point Athens had a rather strange calandar which omits a day other city-states didn't. There are also sundials which have been published. They can be quite helpful because they demonstrate not only what they were looking for, but why. Such fun. The 'Journal of Astronomy' has some fairly respectable pieces of scholarly work on ancient astronomy. It's available online but you have to subscribe.
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feenx
Sounds very intriguing. Are you working on a specific project?
feenx
Indigo Insight -
Octarine Prince
www.alabe.com and some others