ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

CHICHEN ITZA TEMPLE

• Built buy the post-classic Mayan People
• Located in the Yucatan region of Mexico
• They built these temples for worship and they also bulit other structures as just a way to build up the city, they would use them for worship.
• The Mayans were fascinated with astronomy, they put many carvings in the stones about the celestial cycles and bodies.

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STONEHENGE

• No one knows for sure when or who built this structure
• It is located in Wiltshire, England
• Many people believe stonehenge may have been a burial ground
• At a certain time in the year the sun aligns perfectly in between 2 stones, so obviously the people who built it had something to do with astronomy.

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ANGKOR WAT

• Built by King Suryavarman II
• It is located in Cambodia
• Originally a Hindu temple, but then turned Buddhist. People went there to worship
• Lunar and solar calendrical cycles are revealed, also there are several lunar and solar alignments between western points.

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BIG HORN MEDICINE WHEET

• Native Americans built this
• Located in the Bighorn National Forest
• They were built for religious, ritual, healing, and teaching purposes
• Certain spokes on the wheel pointed to stars, and the sunrise and sunsets

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CARACOL TEMPLE

• The mayans built it
• Cayo district of Belize
• Worshiped Venus and helped them plan attacks
• Built temple to help them see equinoxes and the summer solstice, aligned with motions of Venus

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MACHU PICHU TEMPLE OF THE SUN

• The Incas built it
• Located in Peru
• Built it in the highest place to help them be closer to Heaven
• Aligned with the sun's rays on the first morning in June

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EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS

• The Egyptians built them
• Located in Egypt
• Used as a burial place for their leaders
• Aligned pyramids with the constelations

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TEOTIHUACAN PYRAMID OF THE SUN

• The Aztecs built it
• Located in central Mexico
• Likely used for different rituals
• Oriented slightly northwest of where the sun sets exactly 2 times a year

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DZIBILCHALTUN TEMPLE OF THE 7 DOLLS

• Built by the Mayans
• Located in the Mexican state of Yucatan
• Most likely used as an astronomical observetory
• During the Spring and Fall equinoxes the sun goes through one side of the pyramid and out the other

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