(presumably the arch is post-Columbian)
Astronomers may study the sky, but the ground beneath them holds wonders, too. The Atacama Desert's Pukará de Quitor, a centuries-old fortress, frames the breathtaking Licancabur volcano, a site rich in archaeological and natural marvels. Like the ancient stones beneath our feet, the stars above whisper stories from the past, reminding us that every view is a journey through time.
Credit: ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com)
That’s a beautiful picture.
The Sun, the Moon and the Stars had regularity humans did not see in much else on earth; until they began tracking those regular things in the sky and noticed some things on earth could be predicted (the seasons) by the various celestial regularities.
From that came “God/the Gods must be in heaven” along with the record keeping of celestial events and rhe “science” of predicting earth natural events by matching the cycles of certian events to some celestial regularity(ies).
The stupid “ancient aliens” show attributes many things to some anicent people having contact with aliens, when most often it was no more than ancient people’s beliefs that heaven is where God/the gods resided - because the regularlity of the celestial events suggested it.