Intellectually Curious

Ancient Sky Machines: Gears, Maps, and Texts from Antikythera to the Skiri Pawnee


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A deep dive into how ancient civilizations engineered analog calculators, mapped the heavens with durable celestial charts, and codified astronomical knowledge in tablets and calendars—from the Antikythera Mechanism's eclipse predictions to the Tendere Zodiac, the Skiri Pawnee star chart, and Babylonian MUAPN.


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Intellectually CuriousBy Mike Breault