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Gorsedd Circle

Gorsedd Circle The Gorsedd Circle is a stone circle in Fishguard, Wales. The Gorsedd Stones are a Welsh tradition of modern stone circles constructed for the National Eisteddfod of Wales. These stone circles can be found at several locations, including Aberdare Park and Anglesey. They are typically 20 metres wide and have 12 stones on the circumference with a level stone in the circle. A further stone is usually set back from the circumference; the central stone is called the Logan Stone. Coordinates 51.996431,-4.975040 Stone Circle  Gorsedd Circle is a typical stone circle but has 13 stones on the circumference with one inset. It was erected in 1936 and has the names of the parishes inscribed on each stone. Ceremony  During the opening ceremony, the Archdruid stands on the Logan Stone facing the Stone of the Covenant. Two stones mark the entrance and are called the Portal Stones. These mar k the midsummer and midwinter sunrises. Gorsedd Circle  (no edit) Archeology7...
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Templo Mayor

Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan

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The Templo Mayor, Spanish for Greater Temple, was the main temple of the Aztec people in the capital city of Tenochtitlan, located in modern-day Mexico City. It was part of the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica, 900-1521 ad (1200-1450 ad more accurately based on livestock sacrifices but continuing until 1521 ad).

The two shrines on the pyramid represented both Huitzilopochtli, the god of war, and Tlaloc, the god of rain and agriculture.
The construction of the first Templo Major began sometime after 1325 ad (rebuilt six times), and the temple was said to be destroyed by the Spanish in 1521 ad to make way for the cathedral.

Coordinates
19.434884,-99.131149

Other temples
The spire, a circular building, was devoted to Quetzalcoatl in his form as the wind god Ehecatl, to its left was the Sun Temple, Tonatiuh. The Calmecac Complex was towards the right, and another Skull Rack and Sepent Wall were located in the centre. On either side of this were temples for Xochiquetzal, Chicomecoatl, Cihuacoatl, and Coacalco. Mictlantecuhtli temple was located on the right of the Templo Mayor with Tezcatlipoca Temple on the left.

Measurements
The Templo Mayor measured 100m by 80 m (328 by 262 ft) at its base and was angled at between 4/5° towards northwest, the forecourt, and other buildings align around this temple.

If construction for a year was considered as 1325 ad, then the angle would be 1.023° from maximum tilt.
From Chichen Itza and the Tomb of the High Priest, it has shown that Mesoamericans used both feet and metres but mostly converted to feet.
Although the temple is at an angle of 4/5° it is possible to show that at 4.602° at 262ft (80m) that the far side of a triangle with the horizon would equate to 21.023ft. This could be interpreted as the maximum tilt plus the difference from 1325 ad.

Towards west
Area = 2745.13
Sides = 262/21.023/261.155
Angle of 4.602°

Towards north
Area = 4302.017
Sides = 326.943/328/26.316


The ratio of these areas multipled divided by 10 days in seconds equal 13.66, or 13.66 days equals 10.
11,808,990÷864,000=13.66
The 13.66 number is connected to a lunar standstill variations also called the lunistices. These are about two weeks long or accurately a half of a sidereal month.
It is thought that they used base 20 as a measurement, and this number has been shown to be used in their sailing distances.
As 20 would represent a Sidereal month, 2x10, the 10 would equate as 136, 2x10 being 272, this is a number 10 greater than its westerly side.
The 272 is also 88 short of 360°, which is near a seasonal length. If including their base 20, it shows that it is 1 less than 18.6.
262+10=272
88×4=352
352÷20=17.6

The Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, temples of Xochicalco and Oaxaca valley were from Aztec and Olmec civilization, according to archaeologists who studied them found that the Aztecs arrived in 743 ad, which would put it in the Classic period.
Here men were created to be sacrificed to the gods and sacrifices were required to Huitzilopochtli, in the Observatory in Xochicalco they could track earth around the sun, obliquity of precession and seasonal variations, Eagles and Jaguar warriors were some of the gods in Oaxaca valley.

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