Pape/Danforth Library: Archaeoastronomy: The Astronomy of Civilizations Past

Dr. John Percy, Professor Emeritus, Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto

Join us as Dr. John Percy discusses how and why astronomy was important to early civilizations ranging from the seagoing Polynesians, to the builders of Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids, to our own First Nations. He will also briefly discuss the important roles of Chinese, Indian, and Islamic astronomy.