Have you seen the Pyramids at Giza or Stonehenge? Did you know that there is a contemporary project that art historian Thomas McEvilley put in the same class?
The project is Star Axis that artist Charles Ross conceived of in 1971 and began building on a mesa in eastern New Mexico in 1976. “Star Axis is an earthwork built to observe the stars … all of Star Axis’s shapes and angles are determined by earth-to-star alignments built into the architecture so they can be experienced in physical form and human scale.”
Now, some 50 years later the final year of construction is approaching. To get an idea of the project see the 7.5 minute trailer.