cladking Wrote:
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> Excellent work.
>
> There was a great deal of knowledge that could
> have survived into more modern times without the
> language to express it and they might have only
> had legend and myth in which to preserve it.
>
> Possibly these were mere mnemonics but I doubt it.

Thank you - I'm working off the hypothesis that they did use mythology to hand down knowledge in an oral tradition as well as their written stories. It is of course possible that the stories were always intended to be written stories. Irrespective, I think I've made a strong case that they encode astronomical details. It would be great to hear from others on their views affirming or dissenting from mine.

Regards,
BC