Edward Sargsyan PETROGLYPHS

THE BOOK of STARS

Synopsis

Due to the historical sources testimony, the description of the modern terrestrial constellation reached us from the text in poems of Arat - II ( III century B. C. ), the poet from Alexandria. It was written due to taking into account Evdoks ( IV century B. C. ) work. Arat himself is talking about deep and unknown antiquity of the constellation. Current Greek names and signs were spread among other folks only in the latest period.

Number of researchers ( V. Olkot, k. Flamarion, and others ) tend towards idea that a number of astronomical knowledge and specifically the division of constellation of star sky and the creation of the map of astronomical sky take their beginning from one area, the biggest part of which is occupied by Armenian astronomical essence.

During the latest years, in Armenia ( I - III thousand years B. C. ) thousands of rock pictures of the astronomical essence were discovered.
The pictures of constellation published by the Polish astronomer of the 17 the century Yan Hevelios are surprisingly the same as 3 - 5 thousand year - old petroglyphs, a number of which ancient constellation are especially deep and shaking ( Orion, Ox, Kentavr, Scorpion and others ). They confirm that view of the historical of astronomy, that was true that the first who divided the star sky due to constellations were the ancient inhabitants of the Armenian mountainous world.

In the Armenian mountainous world, Armenians had been living since ancient times till now. They didn't only create thousands of petroglyphs of astronomical essence, they also divided the sky to constellations and gave the stairs their names, they created numerous legends plaited about constellation, stars and planets.

" The book of stars " is a space knowledge poetical paraphrase by the one of the most ancient folks, who stood near the cradle of astronomy with Egyptians, Babelians, Greeks and other ancient folks.

Thousands of ancient myths, legends and conversations of the book explain the formation of space, the stars and constellation, the Sun's and the Moon's, the World's and planets formation due to the Armenian imagination. The petroglyph corresponding to astronomical essence , which accompanies the paraphrase makes the influence of the paraphrasing topic stronger. We get acquainted to the issues of people's knowledge and hear the sounds coming from thousand years remoteness.
This book is for all folks and people of different ages.

Content

Creation
The space ways
The stealing of fire
The wheel of time
The immortal dragon
The wind of time
The tree with seven branches
The lost Friday
Night and day
The Moon
The Moon's phases
The Moon, cruel and kind
The Moon's tear
The witness of love
The dress of love
The mountain of the Moon
The Moon and the deer's child
The Sun - flower
The gold stork
The stone of the ring
The Sun in man's appearance many suns
The Sun's coach
Petrified rays
A fight with stars
The touchy Sun
The Sun judge
The Sun's trumpeter
The Sun and the Moon
The Moon hides from the Sun
The Sun's and the Moon's eclipse
The witch Korets
The slap in the Moon's face
The swing
The Moon's god, Mihr
The vigilant
Mihr`s wife's death
Mihr`s assistant the snake - child
Arevamanuk ( the San - child )
Immortal Qotot or Scorpion constellation
Mihr`s other assistants
Mihr and a lion
The bull's Killer
Mihr enters the cave
The space tree
The paste
The Lightstar and its goddess
The sky and stars
Twelve gods
Twins
Crawfish
Maiden
Pegas
Pegas and Maiden
The Man with an arrow constellation
Aquarius
Fish
Fish and Arrow
Orion and Bull
The Triangle constellation
Scales
A Big Bear or a Scoop
A Big Bear and a little Bear
A Dolphin
A hare
A Dove or a Swallow
A Raven
A Herdsman of Oxen
Veronica's Hair
Centavrus
A Bowl or a Cup
The Northern Cross
Eridan or Eufrat
A Fly
Capricornus
Phenix
A Swan and a Lyre
A Lyre and the Northern Crown
A Wolf
A Wolf and a Calf
A Big Dog, a Little Dog and Ara Star
The Moon, stars, a Hydra a Lion and a Dragon
Persevs, Calf, Capricornus, Tsephel
Cassiopeia, Andrometa and an Eagle
Vahagn ( Hercules ) and a Dragon
A Snake, a Snake Carrier and an Eagle
The Milky Way
The house of stars
Terrestrial stones

The volume of the book is 150 pages and 160 petroglyphs - pictures. It is written in Armenian, but it is necessary to translate it into English and publish the book, in order to the unique topic of the book become the property of the world culture.

The presentation of the content of the book impressed the members of CIS - USA, which was organized by ISAR ( USA ) in Kiev, greatly.
There are also other opinions. Number of them are presented.

ECOFORUM KIEV - 95, 23 - 28 MAY

One of the very remarkable phenomenons in ecoforun was the exposition "The space in the stones " presented by Edward Sargsyan from Yerevan, as an irrefutable proof and corroborate existence ancient high developed civilization in Caucasus.
It is possible to compare Caucasian pictures to the cosmic pictures of Siberia, Asia and the Far East, look after the succession of cultural level development and knowledge.

This material about constellations in the Caucasian mountains will appear by individual head in all the school text - books by astronomy, go in the encyclopedia " The myths of the world peoples".
The comparatively row similar pictures can be basis for formation an new direction for ecological education and for planetary mentality.

Mira Gorneva, Dr., architect,
The Khabarovsk technological university, rector of architectural - artistic college.




The first thing that attracts one's attention in this book is the huge work of the author for collecting and making a system of ancient legend ideas about celestial bodies, comparing those with astronomical true knowledge and the art.

That is the key to the solution of the mysteries of the system of the ancient times way of thinking. Due to this meaning the author`s beginning is very valuable: to see the monolithic system of ancient idea used in the whole topic. That is the key for the solvation of many undecided mysteries as the lost imprints of ancient idea..
The truth of author's idea and imagination flight, interesting and acceptable suppositions, hypothesis don't give us an opportunity to doubt his scientific awareness and knowledge and conscientiousness.

The author's newest notes are especially valuable. The legendary conversations about Pegas and Gilgamesh, which were written by E. Sargsyan, can have an exceptional value.
The artistic paraphrase of the ancient legends and rocky pictures are compared also with astronomical true knowledge and can acquire astronomical true the value of serious scientific hypothesis and have an apposite influence for natural science
researches.
The book undoubtedly deserves publication.

Arusiak Sahakyan - the doctor of philology

Sciences are created by scientists and researchers but the results of science are not discussed in the narrow environment of researchers, they spread among folks becoming often beautiful, fantastic and legendary conversations and stories. They are told from one generation to the others becoming a part of the culture of a certain folk.

The Armenian folk, being one of the most civilized folks of the world, carries in its heart numerous conversations invaluable treasury, which came from time immemorial. the teller of these beautiful and space stories, Edward Sargsyan, appeals to these issues. He wrote down and collected hundreds of legendary stories devoted to the formation of the space, planets and constellations.

In different parts of Armenia, during last decades hundreds and thousands of rocky evidences about space and astronomical surprising knowledge of our forerunners were discovered by the efforts of a group of researchers ( as well as my own ).

In Edward Sargsyan`s book as well as in the rocky pictures is paraphrased that idea, that Armenia was really the center of ancient astronomical idea.
The rocky pictures used widely in the book, where celestial bodies and space conceptions are presented. Their unique comments are given, due to that book become advantageous.
To our mind, the author who is famous in our republic by his invaluable discovery, did good and significant job.
The book deserves publication.

Suren Petrosyan - architect.


Dr. Edward Sargsyan
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Yerevan 375101, Republic Armenia
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