The "oldest solar observatory" puzzles scientists... and behind it is an "immemorial and mysterious civilization"!

 An "unknown civilization" built the first known astronomical observatory in the Americas, according to the Science Alert website.

Although the Chankillo observatory is not as old as Stonehenge, it is considered a "masterpiece of human creative genius" and contains unique features not seen anywhere else in the world.

Chinquilla is located in the coastal desert of Peru, and contains a row of 13 stone structures, built on a hill.

In addition to these stone structures, the site contains a "three-walled" complex on the top of the hill that constitutes the "fortified temple", in addition to two complexes of buildings that form the "observatory and the administrative center".

The history of the site goes back more than 2,300 years.

The stone structures on the top of the hill extend for about 300 metres, and stand out especially at sunrise and sunset.

The Shinkilo towers are so carefully positioned that when the spectator stands at a specific vantage point down the hill, he can predict the time of year in two or three days, based only on sunrise or sunset.

The site says, according to Al-Hurra, that the ancient civilization that designed the solar observatory is unknown, but it is one of the oldest civilizations in the Americas, and in fact, it predates the Inca civilization, which also excelled in astronomy, by more than 1,000 years.

Like the Inca civilization, this civilization may have considered the sun as a deity.

The stairs leading to each stone structure strongly suggest that the site may have once been used for rituals.

In 2021, the Shinkilo complex was officially added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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