Episode Synopsis "Stars and Myths: A Conversation with Tony Aveni"

Over many millennia, different cultures have told many different stories, and held many different beliefs about, the stars. Studying these different belief systems is part of what archaeoastronomers, or cultural astronomers, do. In the process, they give us the opportunity to not only learn what others have thought or believed about the sky, but also to explore our own relationship with the sky and with science more generally. These are some of the things I will talk with Dr Tony Aveni about in this episode.

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