The cretan middle bronze age ‘Minoan Kernos’ was designed to predict a total solar eclipse and to facilitate a magnetic compass

Archaeometry is the application of scientific techniques used to analyze archaeological materials. The Cretan Bronze Age Minoan Kernos, has hitherto, been regarded as a gaming board or for religious purposes. Here, it is shown, that, it was designed, specifically, to predict the occurrence of the 9t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Downey, William
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17286