General
This is the study of how people in the past understood the sky.
What is archaeoastronomy?
The practice of arranging buildings, spaces and objects to harmonise with the environment and optimise the flow of chi
What is fengshui?
The Egyptian calendar was based on the flooding of this river.
What is the Nile River?
Aristotle
Who developed the concept of Geocentrism?
This methodology of this sub-field is based primarily on historic records and cultures, using that to interpret astronomical practices
What is brown archaeoastronomy?
This is the branch of cultural astronomy that focuses on the beliefs of living cultures.
What is ethnoastronomy?
The world's largest single-dish radio telescope
What is the FAST Telescope?
The Egyptian god of the sun.
Who is Ra?
The Egyptians and Babylonians
Who were the Greeks inspired by to further explore and develop astronomy?
The practice of participant observation, interviewing and documentation to better understand cultural astronomy
What is the methodology of ethnoastronomy?
This method of archaeoastronomy uses statistics and measurements of ancient sites.
What is Green Archaeoastronomy?
The telescope that specialises in gathering high-rate spectral data for stars and galaxies
What is the LAMOST Telescope?
Egyptians used these 36 star groups to tell time at night.
What are decans?
The earth is spherical and fixed at the center of the universe, while all planets and stars revolved around it
What is the concept of Geocentrism?
What is the Stonehenge?
This Mayan book was used to understand the importance of Venus in their culture.
What is the Dresden Codex?
A Chinese asterism used to determine the auspicious time for constructing a capital city
What is Yingshi?
The Egyptians used the rising of this star to mark the New Year and the flooding of the Nile.
What is Sirius/Sothis?
By comparing shadows of sundials at Alexandria and Syene, thus calculating the Earth's circumference
How did Eratosthenes measure the Earth's size?
China's FAST Telescope is known as the world's largest single-dish version of this type of telescope.
What is a radio telescope?
The alignment of this famous Neolithic British monument is a key example used in archaeoastronomy studies.
What is the Stonehenge?
2 of the 4 regions of China where the 28 Mansions were divided into
What is the Azure Dragon of the East / Black Tortoise of the North / White Tiger of the West / Vermillion Bird of the South?
This sky goddess was a prominent deity in Egyptian mythology and figures heavily in star charts found in tombs.
What is Nut?
Known as "The Greatest of Greek Astronomers", this person is credited with inventing trigonometry and creating the first comprehensive star chart.
Who is Hipparchus of Nicaea?