Focus Friday – Archaeoastronomy Sites

Archaeoastronomy is the study of how past people “have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used phenomena in the sky and what role the sky played in their cultures.”

Stonehenge (Google Maps)
Stonehenge

Newgrange - oldest surviving building in the world (Google Maps)
Newgrange - oldest surviving building in the world
Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza (Google Maps)
Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza

Uxmal (Google Maps)
Uxmal

Pyramids of Giza (Google Maps)
Pyramids of Giza

Maeshowe (StreetView)
Maeshowe
Vieux-Moulin alignement (StreetView)
Vieux-Moulin alignement

Persepolis (Google Maps)
Persepolis
Carrowkeel (Google Maps)
Carrowkeel

Nazca Lines (Google Maps)
Nazca Lines

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