{"id":6766,"date":"2025-03-31T19:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=6766"},"modified":"2025-04-01T12:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T11:15:02","slug":"the-calendar-telling-the-story-of-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=6766","title":{"rendered":"The Calendar- Telling the Story of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Tunnicliffe<\/p>\n

Neolithic structures like Stonehenge, Maes Howe in Orkney and Newgrange in Ireland were aligned to the winter solstice. From earliest times humans have charted the movements of sun, moon and stars. But keeping track of time is tricky with a solar year of roughly 365.25 days and a lunar month of 29.5 days. Do you have a solar year as in Christianity or a lunar one as in Judaism and Islam? Do you follow a 7 day week or a 10 day one like the ancient Egyptians and the French Revolution? Why did Julius Casear and Pope Gregory need to revise the calendars in use? This course explores the issues from Stonehenge to the atomic clock.<\/p>\n

Recommended reading (for publication in brochure):<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Ewing Duncan 1999 The Calendar<\/em> Fourth Estate<\/p>\n

Geoff Stray 2007 Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars <\/em>Wooden Books<\/p>\n

Giulio Magli\u00a0 2020 (2nd<\/sup> ed) Archaeoastronomy: Introduction to the Science of Stars and\u00a0 <\/em>Stones <\/em>Springer<\/p>\n

Day:\u00a0 Thursdays\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Time: 1.45-3.45pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

START DATE<\/b>: 6weeks, from 1 May\u00a0 to 5th June 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Online Lecture (Zoom)<\/b><\/p>\n

Price for the Series:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>\nConcessions<\/strong><\/td>\nMinimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a348<\/td>\n<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Please contact: Michael Tunnicliffe 5 St George\u2019s Way, Northwich, CW9 8XG,\u00a0phone<\/strong>: 01606 42116\u00a0email<\/strong>: mtunni@sky.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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