Archaeology & Constellations

Archaeology & Constellations Presenting the constellations and the heavenly bodies in the art of the past.

17/04/2026

How might people in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period have celebrated Look-Up-at-the-Sky Day? 💫
Hard to tell—celestial observations were often recorded in verbal rather than numerical or geometrical forms, and are difficult to decode today.

But "Writing the Heavens" explores exactly that!
Download it (it’s open access!) and lose yourself in it under the stars 🌠

https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111610863/html

29/03/2026

Remember to change those clocks! ⏰

Shelmarks: MS. Bodl. 421, fol. 004v
MS. Laud Misc. 570, fol. 28v
MS. Rawl. D. 1220, fol. 032r

23/03/2026

'Noctalgia' is a feature of the modern age.

23/03/2026
23/03/2026

The "Supermoon" makes headlines, but it's a relatively recent entry in a long history of descriptions of the moon.

23/03/2026

From Mary Roach's hilarious look at space travel to astronaut Scott Kelly's photos documenting a year off planet.

23/03/2026

Ptolemy's compendium, later known as the Almagest, dominated Western astronomy for 15 centuries. It was also wrong, and it took the fall of an empire to fix it.

23/03/2026

🌌✨ Dive into Italy's Meteorite Saga! 🇮🇹🌠

Step back to the 1500s & 1600s for two epic meteorite hits – Crema Bolide '11 & Milan Fall '33-'64. Witnessed by many, including monks! 🌩️💫

🤔 Yet, doubts linger. Explore these historical wonders with us, questioning the tales that still captivate. 📖🔍

🌠 Uncover cosmic mysteries! 🚀✨ 🌍🔭

JAHH, 26(4), 878–884 (2023) by Luca Nardi

https://www.sciengine.com/JAHH/doi/10.3724/sp.j.1440-2807.2023.11.81

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