Ancient Astronomy and Celestial Divination

In the ancient world, the collection and study of celestial phenomena and the intepretation of their prophetic significance, especially as applied to kings and nations, were closely related sciences carried out by the same scholars. Both ancient sources and modern research agree that astronomy and celestial divination arose in Babylon. Only in the late nineteenth century, however, did scholars begin to identify and decipher the original Babylonian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262194228
• ISBN13: 9780262194228
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher