Tales of the forty-eight classical constellations have captured the human imagination from ancient times to the present. Compiled from literature spanning from Homer to Claudius Ptolemy, with illustrations and star charts reconstructed from ancient sources, Ancient Skies immerses the reader in the world of ancient cosmology and constellation mapping.
| ISBN: | 9781682682111 |
| Publication date: | 7th September 2018 |
| Author: | David Weston Marshall |
| Publisher: | The Countryman Press an imprint of Countryman Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 268 pages |
| Genres: |
Astronomy, space and time |