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[sima aunty @lxslobos]

@gazeboburrito 😂😂

[Nayeli Roldán @nayaroldan]

Los sueños no pueden terminar en una fosa…
#Teuchitlán

[☬𐌌𐌀𐋄☬ @zondanemesis]

Hace una canción con los comentarios

[Manda Gershon, Alaska Whisperer @GershonManda]

Did a little digging w/Grok. 😉

The pyramids in Central America, particularly those built by the Maya civilization, are known for their remarkable astronomical alignments with celestial bodies, including star constellations. While there isn’t definitive evidence that all Central American pyramids align directly with specific constellations, several notable examples demonstrate how the Maya integrated their understanding of the night sky into their architecture. Here’s what we know based on current archaeological and astronomical insights:
One of the most famous examples is El Castillo (the Temple of Kukulkán) at Chichén Itzá in Mexico. This pyramid is primarily aligned to mark solar events, such as the equinoxes, when the shadow of the stepped edges creates the illusion of a serpent (likely representing the deity Kukulkán) descending the staircase. However, its orientation also reflects broader Mayan cosmological principles, which often tied earthly structures to the heavens. The Maya associated certain constellations with their gods and myths, and while El Castillo’s primary alignment is solar, some researchers suggest its placement within the larger site may relate to key stars or constellations visible in the night sky during significant times of the year.
Another example is the Pyramid of the Magician at Uxmal, which is oriented with an unusual skew compared to other structures. Some archaeoastronomers propose this could align with the rising or setting of bright stars or constellations important to the Maya, such as the Pleiades. The Pleiades cluster held special significance in Mayan culture, often linked to agricultural cycles and the timing of the rainy season. At sites like Copán and Tikal, alignments with the Pleiades have been hypothesized based on the orientation of certain buildings, though these connections are less direct than solar or Venus alignments.
The Maya also tracked the Milky Way, which they viewed as a cosmic road or the "World Tree" connecting the underworld, earth, and sky. At sites like Palenque, the layout of structures may symbolically mirror the Milky Way’s path across the sky, though this is more interpretive than a precise alignment with specific stars. Additionally, the constellation Scorpio and the star Antares have been suggested as influences in Mayan astronomy, possibly reflected in temple orientations, due to their prominence in the sky during key seasonal transitions.
A more specific case comes from Caracol at Chichén Itzá, a circular structure interpreted as an observatory. Its windows and sightlines align with the rising and setting of Venus (a planet, not a constellation), but some researchers argue it also framed views of constellations like the Big Dipper or Orion, which were significant in Mesoamerican skywatching. Orion, in particular, is notable because its belt stars resemble the "three hearthstones" of Mayan creation mythology, though direct evidence tying Central American pyramids to Orion is less conclusive than the Giza-Orion hypothesis in Egypt.
Overall, while Central American pyramids are most famously aligned with solar events (equinoxes, solstices) and Venus cycles, their connection to constellations like the Pleiades, Orion, or the Milky Way reflects the Maya’s holistic view of the cosmos. These alignments were not just functional—tracking time for agriculture or rituals—but also symbolic, embedding their mythology into the landscape. However, unlike the well-known Orion correlation theory for the Giza pyramids, the evidence for constellation alignments in Central America is more scattered and often debated, relying on site-specific studies and interpretations of Mayan texts like the Popol Vuh.

[Andrew Hilary🇵🇸 @AndrewHilaryUS]

Crazy to see this on the same day where a couple dozen people wore pink jackets and held up small signs.

[Pop Base @PopBase]

China's Mixue is now the world's biggest food-and-beverage chain by number of locations, surpassing McDonald's.

[yan @artmsphex]

people calling brazil "jobless" in the quotes.. this is how your country should act if they get this kind of opportunity, thats how community should work!! im so sad you were born in a boring sad ass global north individualistic ass country and will never experience this

[augusto @chidoguan]

La grasa de mi taco de barbacoa formó la silueta de México, es un milagro del día de la bandera

[TUGO News @TugoNews]

“Yo no promocioné una estafa, solamente LA DIFUNDÍ”

JAJAJAJAJJAJA EL PRESIDENTE ES UN PELOTUDO

[🅹🅾️🅴🆈աrecκ ☭‎ @joeywreck]

Fun Fact: If you live in the United States, here’s a fun fact: A lot of people in other countries making much less than you have their own homes and free healthcare that no landlord or company can take away.

[Big Miss Steak @bruxxismo]

“overnight”

[الأخ الكبير @BIG__Brother7]

"Overnight"

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

It's not even a competition.

[𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝒚 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒊 @punk_y_cursi]

Nomás salió de las profundidades del mar para tirar factos 🐡

[•ᴗ- @evadentz]

what is going on

[david puentesss🫰🏼 @DavidPuentesSoy]

Muy así hoy

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

Can’t get over china doing this while America is about to bring back witch trials