Solar alignment at Teotihuacan, City of the Gods

[Arch Druid Dyddgu]

I found this on the OBOD III list, there wasn't a link so I could verify the information, hopefully Lelia will send me one.
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Solar alignment at Teotihuacan, City of the Gods

The city of Teotihuacan, Mexico, settled in the 2nd Century BCE, was ancient when the Aztecs found its ruins. They named it 'place of the creation of the gods'.

The entrance of a ritual cave there was aligned to a point on the western skyline where the sun set on August 12 and April 29. These days are separated by day counts of 260 and 105 (making 365 in all). The ancient Mesoamerican system had a 260-day ritual calendar and a 365-day standard calendar.

The same horizon position is the setting point of the Pleiades, the star cluster that makes its initial annual appearance on the first of two days each year when the noon sun passes directly overhead at the latitude of Teotihuacan.
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Teotihuacan, Mexico

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"The first great Central Mexican highland culture of the Classic period had its capital at Teotihuacan, the City of the Gods located about 50 km northeast of Mexico City. At its height about the 4th century, this was a teeming metropolis of 100,000 or more inhabitants, with a well defined class structure. The city was laid out on a grid plan, with the Avenue of the Dead forming the main north-south axis. Monumental ceremonial pyramids, including the Pyramids of the Sun, Moon, and Feathered Serpent lined the avenue. Its people had knowledge of writing and books, a bar-and-dot number system, and a 260-day sacred calendar. A society seemingly based on agriculture, obsidian mining and trade, Teotihuacan held widespread influence throughout Mesoamerica. By the 9th century, the city was abandoned. Possible causes of this collapse include famine, volcanic eruptions, and invasion by outsiders. The ASTER image covers an area of 5.1 x 9.4 km, and was acquired on March 11, 2002." Source: NASA

[Apachestone]

ty some good info and facinating to boot

Rick