Ancient Pueblo Rock Art Depicts a 'Celebratory' Solar Eclipse

Monday, August 14, 2017 - 16:13 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A thousand years ago, early Pueblo people, called Chacoans, captured their experiences of a total solar eclipse by carving it into a rock — a circle with looping streamers that resemble the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona.

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