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Aspekty geoinformatyczne i astronomiczne prehistorycznych kopców krakowskich i kopca Kraka w Krakuszowicach
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2006) Góral, Władysław
The arguments that positions of the mounds: Krakus, Wanda and Krak are not random, but are strictly connected with particular directions of moonrise (moonset) and sunrise (sunset) are presented. The line determined by mound Wanda and mound Krak point out major standstill southern moonrise, and opposite direction gives major standstill northern moonset. Moreover, that line is parallel to the line Wawel Hill - mound Krakus. It also has been proved that direction given by mounds Krakus and Wanda (and also Krakus and Krak) determine two dates of sunrise and two dates of sunset. The above dates divide the year into four parts. That four days of the year are roughly midway between the solstices and equinoxes and they are strictly connected with Celtic holidays.