https://omnizodiac.com/maya-sign/ https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/maya/doc-plate-maya-dresden-venus.webp Maya Dresden Codex Venus Astronomical Table Dresden Codex (Saxon State Library) Venus ephemeris calculating synodic periods with 0.08 day error over 500 years. Chichén Itzá / Yucatán, Mexico https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/maya/doc-plate-maya-el-caracol.webp El Caracol Horizon Observatory at Chichén Itzá Cylindrical observational tower aligned to extreme northern and southern Venus horizon azimuths (c. 906 CE). Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/maya/doc-plate-maya-quirigua-stela-e.webp Quiriguá Stela E Long Count Inscription Tallest monolith in the Maya world recording Long Count date 9.17.0.0.0 (771 CE) and mythological creation date 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ajaw 8 Kumk'u. Quiriguá, Izabal, Guatemala https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/maya/doc-plate-maya-copan-altar-q.webp Copán Altar Q Astronomical Succession Altar Altar Q depicting the succession of all 16 rulers of the Copán dynasty founded by K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' (776 CE). Copán Ruinas, Honduras https://omnizodiac.com/egyptian-decan/ https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/egyptian/doc-plate-egypt-senenmut-ceiling.webp Tomb of Senenmut Astronomical Ceiling Star Clock Earliest surviving comprehensive Egyptian astronomical ceiling (c. 1473 BCE) depicting 36 decanal deities and meridian transit star clocks. Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, Egypt https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/egyptian/doc-plate-egypt-dendera-zodiac.webp Hathor Temple Circular Dendera Zodiac Circular celestial bas-relief from the Hathor Temple at Dendera (c. 50 BCE) synthesizing Hellenistic 12-sign zodiac and indigenous 36 decans. Dendera, Qena Governorate, Egypt https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/egyptian/doc-plate-egypt-giza-alignment.webp Great Pyramid of Giza Cardinal Meridian Alignment Cardinal orientation of the Khufu pyramid aligned to within 4 minutes of arc of true astronomical north via circumpolar stars. Giza Plateau, Egypt https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/egyptian/doc-plate-egypt-karnak-solstice.webp Karnak Temple Winter Solstice Solar Axis Monumental solar temple at Karnak aligned to the winter solstice sunrise axis illuminating the sanctuary of Amun-Ra. Luxor, Thebes, Egypt https://omnizodiac.com/chinese-zodiac/ https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/chinese/doc-plate-china-dunhuang-atlas.webp Dunhuang Mogao Caves Manuscript Star Atlas British Library Or.8210/S.3326 manuscript star atlas (c. 700 CE) mapping 1,339 stars across 257 lunar asterisms. Dunhuang, Gansu, China https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/chinese/doc-plate-china-su-song-clock.webp Su Song Water-Powered Astronomical Clock Tower Astronomical treatise Xin Yixiang Fayao (1092 CE) documenting the mechanized celestial armillary sphere. Kaifeng, Henan, China https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/chinese/doc-plate-china-shang-oracle-bone.webp Yinxu Shang Dynasty Oracle Bone Ganzhi Table National Museum of China oracle bone recording the complete 60-element sexagenary Ganzhi calendar cycle (c. 1200 BCE). Anyang, Henan, China https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/chinese/doc-plate-china-beijing-armillary.webp Beijing Ancient Observatory Bronze Armillary Sphere Monumental Ming Dynasty bronze armillary sphere (Hunyi, 1442 CE) on dragon mounts at Beijing Ancient Observatory. Beijing, China https://omnizodiac.com/guides/history-of-western-astrology-babylon-to-modern/ https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/western/doc-plate-western-stonehenge-axis.webp Stonehenge Megalithic Solstice Alignment Neolithic monumental observatory (c. 2500 BCE) aligned to the midsummer solstice sunrise and midwinter solstice sunset. Wiltshire, England https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/western/doc-plate-western-nebra-disk.webp Nebra Bronze Age Celestial Sky Disk State Museum of Prehistory Halle bronze disk (c. 1600 BCE) depicting the Sun, crescent Moon, and Pleiades cluster. Nebra, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/western/doc-plate-western-paris-cassini.webp Paris Observatory Cassini Meridian Line Royal Paris Observatory (founded 1667) meridian room floor line aligned to true astronomical south for solar ephemeris. Paris, France https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/western/doc-plate-western-tycho-brahe.webp Tycho Brahe Uraniborg Mural Quadrant Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica (1598) mural quadrant achieving 1-arcminute precision observation. Hven, Denmark / Sweden https://omnizodiac.com/assets/documentary/western/doc-plate-western-antikythera.webp Antikythera Mechanism Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculator Fragment A of the world's oldest analog computer (c. 150–100 BCE) with 30 meshed bronze gears calculating solar, lunar, and eclipse cycles. Antikythera / Athens, Greece https://omnizodiac.com/zodiac/aries/ https://omnizodiac.com/assets/zodiac/art/aries.jpg Aries Zodiac Archetypal Art Portrait Original celestial art illustration depicting the archetypal energy, element, and symbol of the Aries zodiac constellation. 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