Detail of Goseck Circle (prehistoric solar observatory)
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Goseck Circle

Two gates in a 4900 BCE circle frame the winter solstice sun. The ditch also held human bones.

It was constructed around 4900 BC, and appears to have remained in use until around…

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Photo: Kreuzschnabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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