Altar of Venus, Venus and glyph and the stars (the circles in the top part). Museo Nacional de Antrolopogia e Historia

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For the old mexican cultures the study of Venus was very important, because they thought that the movements of this planet bode wars, droughts or other dangers.

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Size: 4712px × 3080px
Location: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico
Photo credit: © Diana Sanchez / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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