Ancient calendars and constellations

The collected essays examine how ancient cultures constructed luni‑solar calendars and assigned the months to zodiacal constellations, focusing on Mesopotamian (Accadian/Babylonian) systems and comparing Median, Indian, and Chinese practices. The author argues that shifting celestial coordinates from precession explain why certain months and constellations were originally aligned, and she reconstructs ancient skies with a precessional globe illustrated by plates. Close readings of myths are offered as potentially astronomical rather than purely solar metaphors, and the work encourages combining textual and astronomical analysis to refine chronological and mythological interpretations.