Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002aas...201.0105m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 201st AAS Meeting, #01.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, p.1092
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We have examined for potential astronomical alignments the architectural features of the three terraces of the hierothesion (a sacred place of rest for the gods), constructed by Antiochus I of the ancient Near Eastern kingdom of Commagene, on the summit of Nemrud Dagh in the Anti-Taurus range in the Anatolya region of modern Turkey. The terrain surrounding the hierothesion has been used to determine the positions of rising and setting astronomical bodies. Our evaluation of these potential astronomical alignments is consistent with an expected construction time frame in the second century B.C.. We compare our conclusions to those of past studies, including that of Roger Beck, who proposed that a new dynastic cult emerged in the Middle East encouraged by the conjunction of the planets with the star Regulus.
Desnoyers Winmill Byron
Milone Eugene F.
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