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Found in a cart rut near Laverstock in 1780 CE, this gold ring is inscribed with the name of Aethelwulf (r. 839-858 CE). It features a mitre-shaped bezel with a tree and two peacocks. Diameter approximately 2.8 cm, mass approximately 18.5...

A T-shaped doorway at Pueblo Bonito, the most magnificent great house at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA. Constructed from the 9th to the 12th century CE.

The most magnificent great house at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA. Constructed from the 9th to the 12th century CE.

An interior view of Pueblo Bonito, the most magnificent great house at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA. Constructed from the 9th to the 12th century CE.

A great kiva at Chetro Ketl, an immense great house at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA. Constructed from the 11th to the 12th century CE.

The back wall of Chetro Ketl, an immense great house at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA. Constructed from the 11th to the 12th century CE.

Equinoctial sunrise at Casa Rinconada, the largest excavated great kiva at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA. Constructed from the 11th to the 12th century CE.

A landform with an ancient astronomical observatory at the top at the eastern entrance to Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA.

The pictograph of a star potentially depicts a supernova event and is located at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA. Created c. 1054 CE.

A tri-walled structure outside Pueblo del Arroyo, a great house next to Chaco Wash at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA. Constructed from the 11th to the 12th century CE.