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Lire le ciel Sous les étoiles en Méditerranée
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Marceille,
FranceFrom the Moon to the Evening Star, from the constellation of the Great Bear to the rings of Saturn, the celestial vault and the stars that inhabit it are the subject of immense fascination.
The exhibition ‘Reading the Sky’ focuses on the understanding of the night sky in the Mediterranean, as seen from Earth. From the first records of the ancient Mesopotamian sky to the popularity of contemporary astrology, via medieval Arab-Muslim astronomy and the Galilean revolution, societies in the Mediterranean basin have looked to the stars to situate themselves in the cosmos and organise themselves on Earth. Knowledge and beliefs have circulated between the shores, forming a common culture of the sky that still nourishes our contemporary approach to the stars.
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