Secrets of the Dog Star
Nile floods and Egyptian skies
The Dogon and the invisible star
Cosmic messengers of the New Age
YOUR GOAL
Master of The secret lives of Sirius
007skaty West African Dogon culture preserves stories of sky messengers called the Nommo
007skaty The Dogon and Sirius B
Po Tolo, heavy star! Po Tolo, heavy star! An invisible light in the Mali night!
007skaty Dogon elders call Sirius B Po Tolo or Digitaria, detailing its heavy sagala metal composition and its movement
007skaty Decode ancient star maps to discover how the Dogon tribe tracked the invisible Sirius B.
Po Tolo weight: The Dogon describe Sirius B as the 'heaviest star,' which aligns perfectly with modern science's discovery of white dwarfs.
A member of an ethnic group inhabiting the central plateau region of Mali in West Africa. In 1931, French anthropologists documented this group's highly sophisticated, ancient knowledge of the Sirius star system.
Which French anthropologist first recorded the Dogon's astronomical secrets in the 1930s?
According to Dogon belief, how many years does it take Sirius B to orbit Sirius A?
What is the main alternative explanation skeptics offer for the Dogon's knowledge of Sirius B?