Quito centre of the ancient world: a lone researcher in the Ecuadorian Andes has uncovered evidence of a civilisation of astronomers who, as far back as 1500 BC, were capable of calculating the movement of the sun with the same accuracy as the latest satellite positioning equipment. (Archaeoastronomy in Ecuador).(Cristobal Cobo)(Statistical Data Included)

From: Geographical | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

EVERY YEAR THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS FLOCK to a stone obelisk 17 kilometres north of Quito. Marking the point where an expedition of French astronomers measured the equator in 1736, the Mitad del Mundo, or Middle of the World, is said to lie exactly on zero degrees latitude. By straddling a yellow line running east-west from the foot of the monument, visitors to Ecuador believe they are standing in two hemispheres at once.

Unfortunately for the tourists, the Mitad del Mundo is in the wrong place. The real equator, as measured by satellites orbiting the Earth, lies some 300 metres ...

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