Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies 2018, 6(2), 31-37
DOI: 10.24411/2310-2144-2018-00008
About the Foroughi Cup and about the seven planets in the Ancient World
Mario Codebo 1, Henry De Santis 2
Archeoastronomia Ligustica, S.I.A., SAIt, Genoa, Italy; E-Mail: archeoastronomialigustica@gmail.com1
Archeoastronomia Ligustica, S.I.A., SAIt, Genoa, Italy; E-Mail: archeoastronomialigustica@gmail.com2
Abstract
The Foroughi Cup is an artefact of the 8th century BC of Aramaic cultural context, inside which images of stars and constellations are reproduced. In this study of ours we start from the conclusions reached by Amadasi Guzzo and Castellani in their two works of 2005 and 2006 and we add some further considerations and identifications. We then explain the hypothesis that some cultures of the Ancient World include seven planets, excluding the Moon and the Sun, because Mercury and Venus, always visible only at dawn or at sunset, were perhaps considered four different planets. Finally, we propose the thesis that their evil character depends, as for every new star (novae, supernovae, comets, etc.), on the fact that they alter the synchrony of the cosmos with their variable motion (variable declination heaven bodies).
Keywords: Foroughi Cup, planets, Moon, Sun, Aramaic culture
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