Eclipses Archive

Humans Have Been Predicting Eclipses For Thousands Of Years, But It’s Harder Than You Might Think

AncientPages.com | April 20, 2023

AncientPages.com - The coastal town of Exmouth in Western Australia is due to experience one of the most spectacular astronomical phenomena on April 20 2023—a total solar eclipse.

A cinder cone in the Andahua Valley, Peru (A), compared with the pyramid of El Volcán in the Nepeña Valley, Peru. Robert A. Benfer &Andrés Ocás/ Antiquity

Archaeology

El Volcán: Mysterious Volcano-Shaped Pyramid With Never Revealed Secrets In Peru

AncientPages.com | June 6, 2017

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - During excavations conducted in Peru's Nepeña Valley in the 1960s, archaeologists discovered an artificial mound or pyramid with a crater at the top.

This is drawing of ther interior, from c 1870 by Eugene Conwell, who discovered the structure.

Civilizations

Ancient Irish Were First To Record An Eclipse – 5,355 Years Ago

AncientPages.com | July 31, 2015

AncientPages.com - Ancient Irish people carved images of an ancient eclipse into giant stones over 5,000 years ago, on November 30, 3340 BC to be exact. This is the