New excavations at Chankillo uncovered an early astronomical structure and a ritual vessel of warrior-astronomers, revealing that ancient Andean elites linked cosmology, political authority, and martial power long before the famed Thirteen Towers were built.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/12/earliest-astronomical-architecture-in-the-americas-uncovered-a-place-where-warriors-watched-the-sun.html

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Archaeologists uncover the Americas’ earliest known observatory in Peru

Researchers at the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex in Peru have discovered an ancient structure that existed before what was considered to be the oldest known observatory in the Americas: the Chankillo Solar Observatory...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/the-americas-earliest-known-observatory-in-peru/

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