Symbolic Model of Solar System
According to astronomers B. Toumanian, as far back as the Bronze Age, the inhabitants of the Armenian Highland had assumed the
Many people are familiar with the ancient sun symbols of Armenia, but not everyone knows that the Armenians also possess a sun symbol deeply embedded in the ground: the Armenian Tonir. From ancient times to the present, the tonir has been revered as a symbol of the sun.
The history of astronomy in Armenia is detailed in Toumanian B.E. 1985, 'History of the Armenian Astronomy' (Publishing House of the Yerevan State University, Yerevan, 286p.). It is believed that the division of the sky into constellations was made a few thousand years ago in the Armenian Highland.
Metzamor is the other ancient observatory in Armenia. It was first interpreted as an archaeoastronomical monument in the middle of the 1960s by Prof. E.S. Parsamian (1985a). Metzamor is an ancient town near the river Metzamor, 35 km from Yerevan, in Armavir province. There has been a settlement at this site since the V millennium B.C.
Armenia is a good place to study ancient astronomy, as there are signs of astronomical observations dating back a few thousand years.
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