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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Giulio Magli (Politecnico di Milano)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 18.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 26.10cm Weight: 0.780kg ISBN: 9781107032088ISBN 10: 1107032083 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 22 July 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews'A thought provoking study.' Ancient Egypt Author InformationGiulio Magli is Full Professor at the Faculty of Civil Architecture of the Politecnico di Milano, where he teaches the first archaeoastronomy course to be established in an Italian university. After receiving a Ph.D. in astrophysics, his research today focuses on archaeoastronomy and the relationship between architecture, landscape and astronomy in ancient Egyptian, Incan and Bronze Age Mediterranean cultures. In addition to his many papers in this field, he is the author of Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy (2009) as well as one of the co-authors of the recent UNESCO-IAU thematic study on astronomy and cultural heritage. Giulio Magli has served as visiting scientist at the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research of Bombay, India and has spoken at numerous international conferences on relativistic astrophysics, as well as on the role of astronomy in ancient cultures. His research in archaeoastronomy has been reported in National Geographic and on Discovery News and CNN. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |