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Stunning Astronomical Alignment Found At Peru Pyramid

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Archaeologists have discovered a pyramid in southern Peru, built between 600 B.C. and 50 B.C. ago, would have aligned with two stone lines and the setting sun during the winter solstice. Here, a 3D model shows the event that happened at the Cerro del Gentil pyramid during the winter solstice. The two stone lines frame the pyramid with the sun setting directly behind it. This alignment may have had cosmological significance for the people who lived there.
CREDIT: Image by Laura Griffin

An ancient astronomical alignment in southern Peru has been discovered by researchers between a pyramid, two stone lines and the setting sun during the winter solstice. During the solstice, hundreds of years ago, the three would have lined up to frame the pyramid in light.

The two stone lines, called geoglyphs, are located about 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) east-southeast from the pyramid. They run for about 1,640 feet (500 meters), and researchers say the lines were “positioned in such a way as to frame the pyramid as one descended down the valley from the highlands.”

Using astronomical software and 3D modeling, the researchers determined that a remarkable event would have occurred during the time of the winter solstice. [See Images of the Pyramid and Solstice Alignment]

“When viewed in 3D models, these lines appear to converge at a point beyond the horizon and frame not only the site of Cerro del Gentil [where the pyramid is], but also the setting sun during the time of the winter solstice,” the research team wrote in a poster presentation given recently at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting in Honolulu.

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    • Quantum Kev

      This is interesting, I guess, but being somewhat ignorant, why so? What are the implications of this find?

    • worldglobalwarming

      Always fascinated me this kind of find great piece
      Best Wishes
      stevetheblogger

    • Anonymous

      calendar tool, back in the day! That’s kewl.

    • Anonymous

      It was important for the religious leaders to know exactly when the sun would start its return from the depths of winter. Like all modern religions, they used such knowledge and such observances to ensnare their followers using fear.

    • Mayhem

      “The site of Cerro del Gentil is located in southern Peru not far from the site of Nazca and its famous lines”

      Ain’t it grand what we get up to? The tiny bit we are looking at is near the centre of a vast array of geoglyph, cairns and lines. It’s awe inspiring: but, what does it all mean?

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