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cff-version: 1.2.0
title: "MontuPython: astronomical ephemerides for the ancient world"
message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
type: software
authors:
  - family-names: Zuluaga
    given-names: "Jorge I."
    affiliation: Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
    email: jorge.zuluaga@udea.edu.co
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6140-3116
contributors:
  - family-names: Vivas
    given-names: Francisco Fernández
    affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
  - family-names: Lull
    given-names: Jose
    affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1417-8603
  - family-names: Agudelo
    given-names: Juanita
    affiliation: Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
  - family-names: Arroyo
    given-names: Luis
    affiliation: Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
version: 0.50.0
date-released: "2026-08-01"
url: "https://github.com/seap-udea/MontuPython"
repository-code: "https://github.com/seap-udea/MontuPython"
license: MIT
abstract: >
  MontuPython is a Python package intended to compute astronomical ephemerides
  in the ancient world, thousands of years before present. It was initially
  designed to compute ephemerides for ancient Egypt, but it can also be used
  to study astronomical phenomena in other sites of interest for cultural
  astronomy (archaeoastronomy).

  The package was originally developed to streamline calculations on
  archaeoastronomy that were previously performed manually using astronomical
  software such as Stellarium. While there are already outstanding libraries
  for positional astronomy—such as PyEphem, pyplanets, and PyMeeus (many of
  which make MontuPython possible)—our goal here is different. We aim to
  provide a tool that not only simplifies interaction with these libraries,
  but, more importantly, is specialized for the study of astronomical phenomena
  that occurred thousands of years ago.

  While MontuPython places a special emphasis on ancient Egypt, the tool is
  broadly applicable to many other contexts. Its features are designed to
  support research across a diverse range of civilizations, making it a
  versatile resource for all archaeologists, historians, and cultural
  astronomers interested in humanity's relationship with the sky.
keywords:
  - astronomy
  - archaeoastronomy
  - ancient Egypt
  - ephemerides
  - cultural astronomy
  - Python
identifiers:
  - type: url
    value: "https://pypi.org/project/montu/"
  - type: url
    value: "https://montupython.readthedocs.io/"
  - type: doi
    value: 10.5281/zenodo.21753938
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.21753938
preferred-citation:
  type: software
  authors:
    - family-names: Zuluaga
      given-names: "Jorge I."
  title: "MontuPython: astronomical ephemerides for the ancient world"
  version: 0.50.0
  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.21753938
  url: "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21753938"
  year: 2026