On the astronomical content of the sacred landscape of Cusco in Inka times
@article{Magli2004OnTA,
title={On the astronomical content of the sacred landscape of Cusco in Inka times},
author={Giulio Magli},
journal={arXiv: History and Philosophy of Physics},
year={2004}
}The sacred landscape of the Inka capital Cusco was conceived in accordance with a complex cosmographic view in which religion and astronomy were intimately connected. Some previously unnoticed possibilities in interpreting these connections are proposed.
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