Monday, May 22, 2006

South American pyramid is a farming \"alarm clock\"

\"I was staring up at the temple and realised it all aligned with the stars... this alignment meant that at dawn at every winter solstice 4,200 years ago, stars would appear in line with the temple and alert priests that river flooding was due and it was time to start planting crops. It was laid out as a wake-up call to the community.\"

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