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Ancient observatory - Venus the god of war

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:54 pm
by Arena
Chichen Itza has an observatory (aligned to Venus) similar to modern ones;
https://www.exploratorium.edu/ancientob ... racol.html

Am having one of these long wakey nights watching stuff about The Chariot of the Gods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OZi_DKR0ZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6dO91N0ZbQ

Interesting indeed!

Re: Ancient observatory - Venus the god of war

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:56 pm
by Jupiter Sets at Dawn
That first article said the Maya knew Venus was both the morning star and the evening star, which the ancient Greeks didn't know (until Pythagoras or someone from about the same time figured it out) which I had forgotten. Yet another reason I don't see the "ancient Greeks" as the base civilization for the concept of astrology or astronomy.