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Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Archaeoastronomy in Sicily and in the Mediterranean -- 1 Archaeoastronomy in Sicilian Prehistory -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Copper Age Rock-Cut Tombs in Sicily (4th-3rd Millennium BC) -- 3 Pseudo-megalithic Funerary Epigeic Structures (End of 3rd-Beginning of 2nd Millennium BC) -- 4 Pseudo-dolmen (Final III-Beginning II Millennium BC) -- 5 The Alignments of Serraglio (Pantelleria) and the "Sesi" -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- 2 The "Campanari": Big Artificially Pierced and Astronomically Oriented Rocks in the South Territory of Monte Iato (Sicily) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The "Campanaru" of Monte Arcivocalotto -- 3 The Relationship Between the "Campanaru" and Pizzo Pietralunga -- 4 The Cozzo Perciata Megalith -- 5 The "King's Pulpit" -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- 3 The First Archaeoastronomical Study of the Maltese Temple of Borġ In-Nadur -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Temple of Borġ in-Nadur -- 3 Archaeoastronomy in Malta -- 4 Archaeoastronomy at Borġ in-Nadur: Preliminary Analysis -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 4 The Criticisms of Claudius Ptolemy to Marinus of Tyre in the Geographia and the Geographical Data of the Meridian Line of St. Nicholas in Arenis, Catania (Sicily) -- Abstract -- 1 Notes on the Geographia of Ptolemy and on the Used Versions -- 2 Agreements and Differences Between Ptolemy and Marinus of Tyre -- 3 Problems of Latitude -- 4 Problems of Longitude -- 5 The Great Meridian Line of St. Nicholas in the Benedictine Monastery in Arenis, Catania -- 6 Black Inscriptions in Latin on Carrara Marble Along the Whole Line -- 7 The Other Internal Meridian Lines in Sicily -- References -- 5 Archaeoastronomical Analysis of the Temple of Diana to Cefalù (Sicily) -- Abstract -- 1 The Rock of Cefalù: Tectonic and Geological Framework -- 2 Temple of Diana: Description