Sky, landscape and myth
From the Celestial Dog to the Pillirina sea cave, from Nemi to the Antikythera Mechanism: independent research on the relationship between sky, territory, water, myth and ancient cultures.
Explore the archaeoastronomyGaspare Russo
- scientific researcharchaeoastronomy and archaeology
- introspective researchmyth and psyche
- artistic researchcinema, narrative and visual arts
Truth is a prism: it changes colour according to where you stand. It has to be looked at from several sides, and those sides together make harmony.
Digital projectsArcheoMap.appAntikytheraMechanism.appResetOculare.app
Section 01
Three independent expressions of one enquiry into the human being
Body, eyes and perception
An anthropological and experiential path on the relationship between gaze, attention, body, sensation and the transformation of perception.
Discover the Ocular ResetCinema, art and imagination
Film, writing, international awards and audiovisual storytelling: the image as an instrument for exploring and transforming human experience.
Discover the artistic workSection 02 · Applications
Three standalone applications, each with its own site and its own development.
Creator, founder and project director
AntikytheraMechanism.app
A calculating digital reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism: the device computes again, rather than only being described.
Creator, founder and project director
ArcheoMap.app
A platform for mapping and documenting archaeological sites, open to the contribution of those who walk the terrain.
Creator, founder and project director
ResetOculare.app
A precise movement of the eyes that triggers, while awake, the relaxation of REM sleep. Five minutes, anywhere, without equipment.
Section 03 · Featured research
Four independent projects on the stellar alignments of prehistoric Mediterranean sites.
South-eastern Sicily · Neolithic
The Celestial Dog
A possible system of stellar alignments between the Nymphaeum of Syracuse, the Anaktoron of Pantalica and the Scoglio dei Cani.
Syracuse · Ongoing research
The Pillirina
Aperture geometry, solar illumination and the hypothesis of a celestial function in a sea cave on the Maddalena peninsula.
Castelli Romani · Comparative mythology
Nemi and the Threshold Dog
Diana Nemorensis, the water, the grove and the ritual presence of the dog: a mythological convergence compared with Syracuse.
Ancient mechanics · Digital project
Antikythera and Archimedes
The Syracusan scientific tradition and the calculating digital reproduction of the Antikythera Mechanism.
Section 04 · Next event
3 October 2026 — Nemi
The Threshold Dog: Nemi, Syracuse and crossed myths
A talk on the dog as guardian of the threshold across the two sanctuaries: Diana Nemorensis, the water, the grove and the seasonal relationship with Sirius. Provisional title.
Section 05 · Credentials
Affiliations, identifiers and verifiable projects.
Independent researcher
Gaspare Russo — archaeoastronomy, comparative mythology, anthropology of perception.
Associazione Arco di Diana APS
Founder. Based in the Castelli Romani, Italy.
ORCID
SEAC XXXIII
Contribution presented at the thirty-third annual SEAC meeting, Volos, 4-8 September 2026.