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An Investigation of the Role of Architectural Orders
in Greek Temple Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Efrosyni Boutsikas
The Stars in Ancient Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Robert Hannah
Why Are There Seven Sisters? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Ray P. Norris and Barnaby R. M. Norris
Remarks on the Lunar Series and Eclipse Cycles
in Late Classic Maya Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
Part III Heritage
Finally, A Very Fruitful Interdisciplinary Cooperation… . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Michel Cotte
The Chankillo Solar Observatory and Ceremonial Centre:
A Heritage for the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Ivan Ghezzi
Cultural Heritage of Observatories in Context with the IAU–UNESCO
Initiative: Highlights in the Development of Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Gudrun Wolfschmidt
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
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