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Archeoastronomy, El Caracol Observatory

View of the observatory at at Chichen Itza, known as El Caracol (the snail) for its interior spiral staircase. The structure, with its unusual placement on the platform and its round shape (the others are rectangular, in keeping with Maya practice), is theorized to have been a proto-observatory with doors and windows aligned to astronomical events, specifically around the path of Venus. Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya civilization. The archaeological site is located in the municipality of Tinum, in the Mexican state of Yucatan. The Maya their highest state of development during AD 250 to 900. Photographed by Désiré Charnay (1828-1915) in 1882.
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Titel: Archeoastronomy, El Caracol Observatory
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View of the observatory at at Chichen Itza, known as El Caracol (the snail) for its interior spiral staircase. The structure, with its unusual placement on the platform and its round shape (the others are rectangular, in keeping with Maya practice), is theorized to have been a proto-observatory with doors and windows aligned to astronomical events, specifically around the path of Venus. Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya civilization. The archaeological site is located in the municipality of Tinum, in the Mexican state of Yucatan. The Maya their highest state of development during AD 250 to 900. Photographed by Désiré Charnay (1828-1915) in 1882.
Persönlichkeiten: CHARNAY MAYAN
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