The worship of the sun is a universal. For millenia all of civilization has been impressed with that giant glowing orb in the sky. From ancient Egyptian Ra to Stonehenge to Aztecs Sunstone, we have archaeological evidence that the sun was central to the religious beliefs of most lost cultures. Wikipedia lists 80 solar deities, and that does not include the gods whose names have been lost to time.
While lacking a name, a site right here in my home State of Ohio has been re-examined to be included in the sunworshipping pantheon. Nicknamed "Woodhenge," Morehead Circle in Southwestern Ohio shows evidence of a series of concentric circles formed with now long-decayed wooden posts. While archaeologists have known of the circles for years, new technologies indicate that, like its famous stone cousin on the other side of the Atlantic, Woodhenge was built to correspond with the sun on the summer solstice.
They may not have understood the whole "Earth revolves around the Sun" science involved, but clearly these ancients grasped the importance of our most important star.
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