The whole city is an astronomical calendar

New research results on the ancient city of Petra in Jordan show that this place was built to distribute sunlight into sacred places like celestial bodies that stand out in the night sky.

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Petra is a remnant of the capital from the time when the Nabatene and the nation flourished and died in the 3rd century BC to the first century AD, and was known to the world from the Indiana film. Jones and the last crusade .

Nabatene people built the city to take advantage of the trade between the two neighboring cities of Rome and Assyria, but people today know too little about their culture and lifestyle.

According to a report published on National Geographic magazine, team leader Juan Antonio Belmonte of the Institute of Astrophysics in Spain's Canary Islands said his group had discovered a big secret about Petra.

Accordingly, its works act as astronomical calendars, marking the seasons of the year and important religious occasions. To draw this conclusion, Belmonte and his colleagues measured the size of tombs, temples and buildings, then compared them to the astronomical calendar at the time.