Ngā Pae Tūpuna e Hono Ana ki te Tātai Ahurea
Mai anō i ngā wā onamata, kua titiro te tangata ki te rangi pō me te miharo me te miharo. Nā ngā whetū, ngā aorangi, me ētahi atu āhuatanga o te rangi i kukume te whakaaro me te whakaoho i te rangahau. I te whanaketanga o te ahurea me te hangarau, ka tīmata ngā hapori onamata ki te hono i ngā tirohanga whetū ki ngā āhuatanga rerekē o ō rātou oranga, mai i te whakatau i ngā wā whakato me te wā hauhake ki te whakatau i ngā rā nui i roto i ngā maramataka whakapono. He maha ngā wāhi whaipara tangata nui o te ao e whakarato ana i ngā taunakitanga whakamīharo mō te awe o ngā tirohanga whetū ki ngā iwi o mua. Ka tūhuratia e tēnei tuhinga ētahi o ngā wāhi tino whakamīharo e tūtaki ai te whaipara tangata me te whetū.
1. Stonehenge, Ingarangi
I hangaia i waenganui i te 3000 BC me te 2000 BC, ko Stonehenge tētahi o ngā whakamaharatanga onamata rongonui o te ao. Kei te taha o Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, he porowhita ngā kōhatu nunui e tū ana i roto i te whakamaharatanga. Ahakoa he mea ngaro tonu te mahi tuturu a Stonehenge, e kī ana ngā taunakitanga keriwhenua he hononga tata te wāhi ki te mātakitaki whetū. Ko tētahi tohu matua ko te tūnga o ngā kōhatu ki te putanga mai o te rā i te rā raumati. I taua rā, ka whiti tika ngā hihi tuatahi o te rā mā roto i te āputa i waenganui i ngā Kōhatu Rekereke ki waenganui o te whakamaharatanga. Tērā pea i whakamahia e ngā kaimātakitaki onamata tēnei āhuatanga hei whakatau i te wā o te rā me te matapae i ngā huringa o ngā wā.
2. Chichen Itza, Mehiko
Ko Chichen Itza tētahi o ngā wāhi whaipara tangata tino nui o te iwi Mayan, ā, kei te Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. I whakatūria i te rautau 5 AD, e mōhiotia ana a Chichen Itza mō ōna hoahoanga nui me tōna pūnaha whetū matatini. Ko tētahi o ngā hanganga tino rongonui o te wāhi ko El Castillo, arā, te Temepara o Kukulkan. He rite te āhua ki tētahi piramiti kaupae me ngā arawhata i ia taha, he hiranga nui tōna mō te whetū me te tohu. I ngā rā o te puna me te ngahuru, ka hanumi ngā atarangi i hangaia e ngā koki o ngā arawhata ki ngā whakairo nakahi i ngā taha o te piramiti, ka hanga he pānga tirohanga whakamiharo i te wā e ahua "ngoki" ana ngā nakahi i ngā arawhata. E whakaatu ana tēnei āhuatanga i te māramatanga hohonu o ngā Mayan ki ngā nekehanga o te rā, ā, kua whakauruhia ki roto i ō rātou hoahoanga tapu.
3. Newgrange, Airana
He wāhi onamata a Newgrange kei te County Meath, Ireland. I hangaia i te tau 3200 BC pea, kei roto i a Newgrange tētahi puke nui, he mea whakakaha, he pūnaha tomokanga tino motuhake. Ko te mea whakamiharo o te hangarau o te wāhi nei, ko te whiti tika mai o te rā i te ata mā roto i tētahi ara whaiti, ā, ka whakamārama i te rūma matua i roto i te puke. Mō ētahi meneti noa iho, ka kaukauhia tēnei rūma ki te mārama, ka hanga he wheako hohonu, he tapu pea mō te hunga nāna i hanga. Ko tēnei āhuatanga he tohu i mārama ngā hapori ahuwhenua o mua i Ūropi ki te hiranga o te nekehanga o te rā, ā, i whakaurua ki roto i ā rātou hoahoa hoahoa.
4. Machu Picchu, Peru
Kei te tihi o ngā Maunga Andes, ko Machu Picchu tētahi o ngā tauira tino whakamiharo o ngā whakatutukitanga whaipara tangata me te whetū o ngā Inca. I hangaia i te rautau 15 e te Emepara Pachacuti, e kiia ana te wāhi ko te "Tāone Ngaro o ngā Inca." He maha ngā whare karakia kua whakapaipaihia ki Machu Picchu e whakaarohia ana he mea hanga me te whakaaro ki ngā tirohanga whetū. Ko te Intihuatana tētahi o ngā āhuatanga rongonui o Machu Picchu: he pou kōhatu e whakaponohia ana he tohu rā. Nā tēnei pou i taea ai e ngā Inca te whakatau i ngā rā nui i roto i te maramataka, me te matapae hoki i ngā solstice me ngā equinoxes. Ko te tika o te whetū o Intihuatana e whakaū ana i ngā pūkenga whetū matatau o ngā Inca, ā, i whakamahia e rātou tēnei mātauranga i roto i ō rātou oranga o ia rā me ngā kawa whakapono.
5. Jantar Mantar Observatory, Inia
Ko te Whare Tirotiro Mata o Jantar Mantar i Jaipur, Īnia, he matatini o ngā taputapu whetū i hangaia e Maharaja Jai Singh II i te tīmatanga o te rautau 18. He maha ngā taputapu tirotiro tika o te whare tirotiro, ā, e whakaatu ana tēnei i te ranunga o ngā mahi toi, ngā hoahoanga, me ngā whetū. Ko ngā taputapu pēnei i te Samrat Yantra (te rā nui rawa atu o te ao) me te Jai Prakash i whakamahia hei ine i ngā nekehanga o ngā tinana rangi me te tino tika. Ko te hanganga o te whare tirotiro e whakaata ana i te hiahia o Jai Singh II ki te whakahou me te whakahōhonu i te mōhiotanga whetū i roto i te Emepaea Mughal, ā, e whakaatu ana i te āhua o te whakaaweawe a te whetū i te hanganga o ngā hoahoanga whakamiharo.
6. Nabta Playa, Ihipa
I te koraha tonga-uru o Ihipa, tata ki te 800 kiromita mai i Cairo, kei reira te wāhi keri whenua rongonui o Nabta Playa, he iti nei te mōhiotia engari he mea whakamiharo. E kiia ana i noho i mua i te 7.000 tau ki muri, ko Nabta Playa tētahi o ngā tauira tawhito rawa atu o tētahi wāhi e whakaatu ana i te hononga o te tangata ki te arorangi. Kei roto i te wāhi ngā porowhita kōhatu me ētahi atu hanganga kua whakaritea kia rite ki ngā whetū motuhake i ngā wā motuhake o te tau. Kua whakatauhia e ngā kaipūtaiao whenua me ngā kairangi whetū ko te whakatakotoranga o ēnei kōhatu i whakamahia pea hei tirotiro i te nekehanga o te rā me ngā whetū, me te tohu hoki i ngā huihuinga arorangi nui pēnei i ngā solstice.
Whakamutunga
Ko ngā wāhi whaipara tangata e pā ana ki te whetūrangi e whakaata ana i te mohio me te hiahia o te tangata puta noa i ngā tau. Mā te tirotiro tupato me te mārama hohonu ki ngā rangi, i taea e ngā iwi onamata te hanga whakamaharatanga ehara i te mea he mea whakamiharo te hoahoanga engari he mea whai tikanga hoki ki te whetūrangi. Mai i Stonehenge i Ingarangi ki Jantar Mantar i Īnia, e whakaatu ana ēnei tauira i te whakaaweawe me te hanga a te mātauranga whetūrangi i ngā iwi huri noa i te ao. E whakaatu ana i te awe o te mārama ki te ao whānui i te oranga o ia rā, engari i hanga hoki i ngā taonga tuku iho e mau tonu ana ki tēnei rā. Mā te kōrero i ēnei kōrero mā te ako i ngā wāhi whaipara tangata ka āwhina i a tātou ki te mārama ki te hononga piripono i waenga i te tangata me ngā whetū.
