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* [[Drombeg stone circle]], at the winter solstice, the sun sets into a v formed by two distant overlapping hills and makes an alignment with the altar stone and the two main uprights. Due to the nature of the site and the western hills, local sunset is c. 15:50. |
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* [[Rujm el-Hiri]], ancient [[megalithic monument]] in the [[Golan Heights]]<ref>{{cite news | agency = [[The Associated Press]] | title = Morbid theory in mystery of Israel's answer to Stone Henge | newspaper = [[Haaretz]] | date = 3 Nov 2011 | url = http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/morbid-theory-in-mystery-of-israel-s-answer-to-stone-henge-1.393568}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:51, 22 December 2011
This is a list of sites where claims for the use of archaeoastronomy have been made, sorted by country.
Armenia
- Karahunj (Zorats Karer), ancient astronomical observatory with solstice alignment stones near the town of Sisian
- Metsamor, one of the world's first large metal foundries near the village of Metsamor with stones aligned in an astronomically significant pattern.
Australia
- Ngaut Ngaut, a purported lunar calendar
- Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, rock engravings with claimed astronomical connections
- Wurdi Youang, a stone arrangement with probable solar alignments
Bolivia
- Tiwanaku, the Kalasasaya and its alignments
Brazil
Bulgaria
- Beglik Tash
- Magura Cave, a claimed solar calendar with 366 days and symbols for the exinoxes and solstices[1]
- The Buzovgrad megalit, described by Alexander Fol as the Solar gate
Cambodia
- Angkor Wat
- Phnom Bakheng, According to Jean Filliozat of the École Française, the center tower represents the axis of the world and the 108 smaller ones represent the 4 lunar phases each with 27 days.[2]
Canada
Colombia
- El Infiernito, (Spanish for "Little hell"), is a pre-Columbian Muisca site located at the outskirts of Villa de Leyva, Boyacá Department, Colombia. It is composed of several earthworks surrounding a setting of menhirs (upright standing stones); several burial mounds are also present. The site was a center of religious ceremonies and spiritual purification rites, and also served as a rudimentary astronomical observatory.
Egypt
- Abu Simbel, The axis of the temple was positioned by the ancient Egyptian architects in such a way that twice a year, on October 20 and February 20, the rays of the sun would penetrate the sanctuary and illuminate the sculpture on the back wall, except for the statue of Ptah, the god connected with the Underworld, who always remained in the dark.[3][4]
- Great Pyramids of Egypt
- Nabta Playa
France
- Bondons menhirs
- Carnac, the Grand Menhir Brisé
- Cham des Bondons in Les Bondons
- La Fage menhirs
- Lacam de Peyrarines
Germany
Guatemala
Honduras
Indonesia
India
Iran
Ireland
- Brú na Bóinne
- Knowth
- Dowth
- Newgrange, once a year, at the winter solstice, the rising sun shines directly along the long passage into the chamber for about 17 minutes and illuminates the chamber floor.[5]
- Loughcrew
- Carrowkeel
- Mound of the Hostages
- Drombeg stone circle, at the winter solstice, the sun sets into a v formed by two distant overlapping hills and makes an alignment with the altar stone and the two main uprights. Due to the nature of the site and the western hills, local sunset is c. 15:50.
Italy
Korea
- Cheomseongdae, ancient observatory in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.
Republic of Macedonia
Malta
Mexico
- Chichen Itza, the caracol is theorized to be a proto-observatory with doors and windows aligned to astronomical events, specifically around the path of Venus as it traverses the heavens.[6] El Castillo the main pyramid also has archeoastronomy features.
- Dzibilchaltun, Spring equinox, the sun rises so that it shines directly through one window of the temple and out the other.
- Monte Alban, zenith tube
- Teotihuacan, the pecked-cross circles as survey-markers
- Uxmal, Venus alignment of the "Governor's Palace"
- Xochicalco, zenith tube
Netherlands
- Funnel Beaker Culture megalith graves ("hunebedden") in the eastern Netherlands might be oriented on moonrises.[7]
Pakistan
Peru
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
- Rujm el-Hiri, ancient megalithic monument in the Golan Heights
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Ballochroy
- Callanish Stones
- Maeshowe, it is aligned so that the rear wall of its central chamber, a rough cube of five yards square held up by a bracketed wall,[8] is illuminated on the winter solstice.
- Prehistoric Orkney
- Stonehenge
- Woodhenge
United States
- Bighorn Medicine Wheel
- Cahokia, City of the Sun.
- Chaco Canyon, cardinal orientations, meridian alignment, inter-pueblo alignments
- Fajada Butte at Chaco Canyon, an observatory which marks the solar cycle
- Anderson Mounds, Mounds State Park (Anderson, Indiana).
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Serpent Mound
- Chimney Rock Archaeological Area, near Pagosa Springs, Colorado
- Moorehead Circle in Ohio
Other Lists
- List of colossal sculpture in situ
- List of Egyptian pyramids
- List of megalithic sites
- List of menhirs
- List of Mesoamerican pyramids
- List of Roman bridges
- List of Roman domes
- List of statues
- List of statues by height
- List of tallest statues in the United States
- List of world's largest domes
- New Seven Wonders of the World
References
- ^ The Magura Cave Prehistoric Paintings Dating Back to 10,000 BC
- ^ Time Life Lost Civilizations series: Southeast Asia: A Past Regained (1995) p.93-4
- ^ Alberto Siliotti, Egypt: temples, people, gods,1994
- ^ Ania Skliar, Grosse kulturen der welt-Ägypten, 2005
- ^ http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/newgrange/illumination.html
- ^ Anthony Aveni, Stairway to the Stars: Skywatching in Three Great Ancient Cultures (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997) 135-138 ISBN 0-471-15942-5
- ^ Langbroek M., Huilen naar de maan. Een verkennend onderzoek naar de orientaties van Nederlandse hunebedden. P.I.T. 1:2 (1999), 8-13
- ^ A History of Britain, Richard Dargie (2007), p. 12.