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Archaeoastronomy is to archaeology what farce is comedy.

The alignment will occur for a few days this week

Solstice sun beams into chamber [ Bryn Celli Ddu on Anglesey ]

1 posted on 06/22/2006 8:29:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 06/22/2006 8:29:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Wednesday, June 21, 2006.)
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I always wondered about the changes in alignment of the sun over the millenia. Stars change. I wonder about the sun.


3 posted on 06/22/2006 8:35:22 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I always wondered about the changes in alignment of the sun over the millenia. Stars change. I wonder about the sun.


4 posted on 06/22/2006 8:35:24 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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And I couldn't even use my new firepit for the first time last night 'cuz it rained.

Ah well.
There's always Lughnasadh....:)


5 posted on 06/22/2006 8:35:40 AM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent)
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When archaeologist Steven Burrow stood in the chamber of the Bryn Celli Ddu tomb at dawn on the summer solstice he saw the sun rise through the opening. "It's quite exhilarating," he said. -- Pictures: Steven Burrow

Here Comes the Sun

11 posted on 06/24/2006 9:36:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Wednesday, June 21, 2006.)
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