Wednesday, February 04, 2009

World's Largest Sundial?

Light thrown on Pantheon - Science - NZ Herald News: "A New Zealand researcher has found - 2000 years after it was built - that the ancient Roman temple known as the Pantheon may play the role of a colossal sundial.

The temple in Rome, completed in AD128, is a cylindrical chamber topped by a domed roof with a skylight in the top which lets through a dramatic shaft of sunlight.

But New Scientist reported Otago University's Professor Robert Hannah - an expert in Roman art, 'archaeo-astronomy' and ancient calendar systems - has discovered the Pantheon may have been more than just a temple."

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