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The Loop
Kader Attia
Ancient peoples left traces of their astronomic observations, the origins of which remain mysterious. It seems impossible that they could have seen or understood certain cosmic phenomena without the technological means we have today. For instance, how could the Dogon people from Mali have observed and built their whole cosmogony around a star, Sirius, which they named Sigui Tolo ? This star is in fact a binary star, made of Sirius A and Sirius B, the two of which appear aligned on the same…
e-flux Journal
Posted: May 1, 2015
Category
Nature & Ecology
Subjects
The Cosmos, Outer Space, Science