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Great find. But sort of lowers my opinion of Maya culture. Having city locations decided by star constellations ? Sounds like this is on the insane side even fo

• tpeo 10y ago
  Why is it insane? I don't know for what purpose they'd build something like that, but I reckon that's the kind of stuff about anything which is most easily lost. Stuff from millenia ago can easily look like "cow tools". They were mostly agricultural civilizations though, and attached importance to astronomy to some degree because it allowed them to make calendars and plan ahead of time. I don't think it's nothing out of ordinary that they've built stuff to align with the sky.
  • iofj 10y ago
    Well it obviously means that priests dictated where cities were to be built.
    • raddad 10y ago
      What if the stars were a version of GPS? You could find your way around from city to city. Ships did it, why not pedestrians?
      • Ccecil 10y ago
        Some of the areas...such as Coba...had roads made from white rock so they could travel easily at night too...so it all seems to make more sense.
• secstate 10y ago
  And so it would be better if cities were built according to economic potential? At some point you have to pick a reason for doing anything in this world. Religion is about as valid a wealth generation in the long run.