ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS AND THE STARS

CHICHEN ITZA TEMPLE

• Built by the Mayans
• Located in Mexico
• Built to provide a calendar
• Mayan calendar

STONEHENGE

• Located in Wiltshire, England
• Built as a kind of solar calendar
• tracked the movement of the sun, moon and changing seasons
• No one knows who built it

ANGKOR WAT

• Built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II
• Located in Angkor, Cambodia
• Built as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu
• Towers align with dozens of lunar cycles

BIGHORN MEDICINE WHEEL

• Built by Native Americans
• Located: Bighorn Range in Wyoming
• Built for fasting and vision quests
• arrangements related to the rising/setting places of the Sun at summer solstice

CARACOL TEMPLE

• Built by the Mayans
• Located in Belize
• Was built as ab observatory
• Carefully aligned with the motions of Venus

MACHU PICHU TEMPLE

• Built by the Incans
• Located in Peru
• Used as a solar observatory and sacrifice center
• aligns with the positions of the sun

EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS

• Built by
• Located in Egypt
• Built as tombs for pharaohs
• Pyramids are aligned with the North Star

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• Built by the Aztecs
• Located in Mexico
• Built as a royal tomb ??
• Related to the Mayan calendar

DZIBILCHALTUN TEMPLE OF THE 7 DOLLS

• Built by the Mayans
• Located in Mexico
• Built as a temple to the Mayan sun god
• During the Spring/Autumn equinox the sun’s rays pass through the doorways