Lost World Pyramid, Tikal, 2017
Structure 5C-54 in the Mundo Perdido complex — one of the oldest structures at Tikal, with stairways aligned to solstice and equinox sunrise positions. The Maya weren't guessing at the sky; they'd been watching it for centuries before this was built. © Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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