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Stars, myths and rituals in Etruscan Rome
This book offers a detailed and fascinating picture of the astonishing astronomical knowledge on which the Roman calendar, traditionally attributed to the king Numa Pompilius (reign 715-673 BC), was based. This knowledge, of Mesopotamian origins, related mainly to the planetary movements and to the...
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Springer
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07266-1 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1980610 |