Nazca geoglyphs newly discoveries
The Nazca desert in Peru is like an art gallery for the gods above. Yet even with decades of surveyance from the skies, it appears to have barely explored a small wing of this fading collection of giants among the stones. Japanese archaeologists studying the desert around Nazca, Peru, identified 168 new geoglyphs, according to […]
Archaeoastronomy and the Island of Malta
Evidence of an astronomical considerations in temple buildings in Malta and Gozo dating from 3500-2500 BC is looked in three ways: Orientation Cross-jamb view Offset illumination In some cases, it is also attempted practical observation. The orientation of the structures and temples could be in direction of the moonrise; it could coincide with an equinox […]
The Maya Cosmos in Stone
The Cosmic Vision of the Maya In the book Archaeoastronomy and the Maya, a collection of scholarly papers reveals how astronomical observation shaped the urban design and worldview of the ancient Maya. The positioning of temples and cities was not random — it reflected a sophisticated cosmological understanding that linked human order to celestial motion. […]
