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© Copyright Paul Marsden. All rights reserved www.f29.co.uk In the Ancient world, the circle was seen as the ideal form, and this informed the view of the solar system and influenced there view of the heavens. Potelmy's geocentric model, which was the prevailing view of the solar system and Earth's place in it for over 1400 years (till debunked by Copernicus), held that the Earth was static at the centre of the universe, with all other bodies revolving around it in perfect circles. ... Geocentric Model, Celestial Warlock, Sacred Geometry Alchemy, Scared Geometry, Celestial Sphere, Constellation Tattoos, Geometry Art, Ancient Knowledge, Sacred Art

© Copyright Paul Marsden. All rights reserved www.f29.co.uk Just as every point along the equator is 6,215 miles from both the North and South Poles, every point along this circle of ancient sites is 6,215 miles from two axis points on Earth. The axis point in the Northern Hemisphere, shown here in the center, is near the Southeastern coast of Alaska, at 59° 42' N 139° 17' W, 25 miles Northeast of Yakutat. Many ancient sites such as the Ziggurut of Ur, the Pyramids of Giza, and the cities of…

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Angie Marsh
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Glass celestial sphere (72269/57/1), engraved by John Cowley, 1739, with globe stand by Heath & Wing, London, in the second half of the 18th century. Sphere broken and repaired during 1900s as the cracked and rivetted globe encloses a Newton terrestrial globe with printed gores dated Jan 1st 1897.

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Daria Lazareva
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This is how we see the entire sky from the earth, projected to a sphere. This concept has been used for thousands of years since the stars are so far away that they seem to be fixed on an imaginary sphere. This image is oriented with the galactic plane (the Milky Way) horizontal. Concept inspiration [...]

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Jerald Saunders

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