Update From Peru’s Ancient Solar Observatory - Archaeology Magazine

Update from Peru’s Ancient Solar Observatory - Archaeology Magazine

CASMA, PERU—Andina News Agency reports that archaeologist Ivan Ghezzi Solis and his colleagues have discovered traces of older structures at the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex, which is located on the coast of western Peru’s Casma Valley. The site features a hilltop fort and the Thirteen Towers solar observatory, dated to the third century B.C. “There are structures that apparently had an astronomical function long before Chankillo,” Soli…

Structure for observing celestial movements predates the Chankillo observatory

The Peruvian Ministry of Culture has announced the discovery of an early Andean structure that predates the Chankillo solar observatory – long regarded as the earliest known observatory in the Americas. The structure was uncovered during ongoing excavations at the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex, located in the Casma river valley in Ancash, Peru. The Casma River and its tributary, the Sechin River, contain a large concentration of ancient …

Archaeologists uncover the Americas’ earliest known observatory in Peru

Researchers at the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex in Peru have discovered an ancient structure that existed before what was considered to be the oldest known observatory in the Americas: the Chankillo Solar Observatory. According to an announcement by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, this discovery is rewriting current timelines for when astronomy first took root in […]