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Ten places that watched the Sun
Five sites in Chaco Canyon and five in the Maya Yucatán, fifteen degrees of latitude apart. Each one caught the Sun in its own way.
Schematic mapnot to scale
Chaco Canyon · 36° N
Northern Yucatán · 21° N
Pueblo BonitoFajada ButteCasa RinconadaChetro KetlPeñasco BlancoEl CastilloEl CaracolDzibilchaltúnUxmalMayapán
Chaco Canyon
Pueblo Bonito
Walls on equinox and noon lines
Great house·36.06° N
Chaco Canyon
Fajada Butte
Sun Dagger on a spiral petroglyph
Light marker·36.03° N
Chaco Canyon
Casa Rinconada
Cardinal doors, debated window
Great kiva·36.06° N
Chaco Canyon
Chetro Ketl
Tree-ring dated building phases
Great house·36.06° N
Chaco Canyon
Peñasco Blanco
Supernova pictograph nearby
Great house·36.07° N
Yucatán
El Castillo
Equinox serpent of light
Pyramid·20.68° N
Yucatán
El Caracol
Windows toward Venus extremes
Observatory·20.68° N
Yucatán
Dzibilchaltún
Equinox sunrise in a doorway
Temple·21.09° N
Yucatán
Uxmal
Doorway toward Venus rising
Palace·20.36° N
Yucatán
Mayapán
Round tower like El Caracol
City·20.63° N
See the sky the way they did
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