Humanity has always looked up and found stories in the sky, connecting the dots of light to make pictures with a bit of imagination. Religion, tradition, superstition, and even practical calendar-making and navigation techniques influenced how those pictures took shape, starting many thousands of years ago with cuneiform texts written in western Asia. Although both ancient and modern influences shape how we stargaze, the shapes and stories we see in the sky come primarily from Greek and Roman traditions. |
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