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An article by Barbie Drillsma
Volos, 2nd August 2013
“Who could resist it? An invitation to represent EUSJA at an international “Discover the Cosmos” Conference in the home of the Centaurs in Volos, Greece.
Hmmmm, slightly had second thoughts as I joined fellow EUSJA members, Wolfgang Goede and Menelaos Sotiriou on board a shakey wooden train, running on a single track with sheer drops either side, to an altitude of 400 m above Volos, to a tiny traditional village, Pelion Milies.
It was here in the tiny orthodox church of Greatest Taxiarhes that a centuries’ old faded wall painting of the Zodiac Circle or Circle of Life can be found. This was of huge interest to the group of more than 100 scientists, astronomers, physics teachers and students attending the conference. The painting marks out the constellations through which the sun appears throughout the year. Some believed it could be used to tell fortunes”.
Read the whole article HERE.
Barbie Drillsma is the president of the European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations (EUSJA).
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