Ancient Astronomy: India, Egypt, China, Maya, Inca, Aztec, Greece, Rome, Genesis, Hebrews, Christians, the Neolithic and Paleolithic

CHAPTERS:

Prologue: Ancient Cosmologies: The Paleolithic and Neolithic Universe

1. Finding Our Place in the Cosmos: The Role of Astronomy In Ancient Cultures

2. Prehistoric Astronomers? Ancient Knowledge Created By Modern Myth

3. The Cosmology of the Paleolithic

4. Neolithic Cosmology: The Equinox and the Spring Full Moon

5. Ancient Greek-Roman Cosmology: Infinite, Eternal, Finite, Cyclic, and Multiple Universes

6. Astronomy and Psyche in the Classical World: Plato, Aristotle, Zeno, Ptolemy

7. “Let There Be Light!” The Genesis of Biblical Cosmology

8. The Cosmic Landscape in the Age of the Pyramids

9. Was There A Ptolemaic Revolution in Ancient Egyptian Astronomy? Souls, Stars & Cosmology

10. Cosmic Capitals and Numinous Precincts in Early China

11. Ancient Cosmologies: Understanding Ancient Skywatchers, Mayas, and their Worldviews

12. Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica:

13. Cosmology in the Inca Empire: Huaca Sanctuaries, State-Supported Pilgrimage, and Astronomy

14. Inca Solar Orientations in Southeastern Peru

15. Cosmic Cycles of Hindu Cosmology: Scientific Underpinnings and Implications

16. Visions of the Cosmos: Archaeoastronomy in Ancient India

17. Cosmology and the Death of Gods: New Age Religions, Anti-Christ, and Precession of the Equinox