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Constellations Thesis Book by Nesrin Zidan

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4.3. Star-chitecture

Astronomy is considered the oldest discipline in the world. The architecture

of ancient civilizations aligns with this knowledge. Monolithic structures such as

Stonehenge, ziggurats, and the Mayan El Caracol in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico,

were considered the world’s first observatories. This function remained relevant, and

with the emergence of new discoveries and gadgets, new requirements for the growth of

the field were born. An observatory was built in Cairo in 1120 AD. This may have been

the first observatory to be built during the Islamic Medieval Ages. The observatory was

destroyed in 1125 AD though (Russell, 2008).

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