Unusual orientation parameters in a statuette representing pharaoh Pepi I with a falcon may show the breaking of the inflexible Egyptian ritual rules related to sacred geography. [Read more…] about Orientation in Ancient Egypt: Pepi I with Horus Falcon
Archeoastronomy
Hans Memling’s Altarpiece with Boar and January 17
Is the presence of St Anthony the Abbot enough to hint at the date of January 17 in the scene? And why Hans Memling turns the saint’s pet pig into a bristly boar? [Read more…] about Hans Memling’s Altarpiece with Boar and January 17
The Secret Night Chant of a Stradivarius Tree
One day Stradivari offered a glass of wine to a lumberjack, the price for a secret code in the Roman calendar. A night when the Moon is unusually not involved. [Read more…] about The Secret Night Chant of a Stradivarius Tree
Trisulti Carthusian Monastery and the Yearbook Wheel
The eight spokes wheel on a Trisulti pillar means more than a yearbook. An archeo-astronomical chart for Equinoxes, Solstices, heliacal and acronic stars. [Read more…] about Trisulti Carthusian Monastery and the Yearbook Wheel
Two Stars in a Venetian Geocentric Sky
In this woodcut from Tetragonismus idest circuli quadratura we will see how the geocentric alchemical world was not just a world of light. But Densities. [Read more…] about Two Stars in a Venetian Geocentric Sky
San Miniato Sun Path or the Sky as Seen from Earth
Every day is a peculiar day in Alchemy. To Make the difference is the Sun orbiting the Earth: we alchemists still consider the sun as seen from the earth. [Read more…] about San Miniato Sun Path or the Sky as Seen from Earth
The Pythagorean Thigh in the Northern Sky
Golden Thigh Pythagoras did not reveal more than notions for ancient navigators and travelers. While alchemists would be interested in his secret thigh wounds. [Read more…] about The Pythagorean Thigh in the Northern Sky