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From 1839 – 1842 two adventurers, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood carved their way through the jungles to reveal lost Maya cities and a great civilization.
The ancient Nabataeans, modern-day Jordan, orientated their temples and shrines in Petra and Hegra according to a deliberate cosmologically-designed plan by their astronomer/priests.