The Chevroches zodiacal cap and its Burgundy relations
Abstract
The excavation of an unexplored secondary agglomeration in Chevroches (France), from 2001 to 2002 has led to the discovery of a bronze dome of a type unknown in the Ancient world. It is inscribed with three lines in Greek transcribing Egyptian and Roman months, and the twelve signs of the Zodiac. This paper presents the first observations and some other finds from similar objects in Burgundy.
- Publication:
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The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture
- Pub Date:
- June 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921311003231
- Bibcode:
- 2011IAUS..260E...3D
- Keywords:
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- Burgundy;
- mechanisms;
- Zodiac;
- astrology