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on Twitter Modern science tells us that the Sun is a big hot
ball of hydrogen at the center of the Solar System, and all the
planets orbit around it. But ancient people didn’t have access
to the same scientific tools we have today. Their understanding
about the Sun was much more primitive, and often… wrong. Let’s
investigate the history of the Sun. Most life on Earth evolved
with the Sun in mind; the rising and setting Sun defined the
cycle of daily life for almost all life. Ancient peoples were
entirely dependent on the Sun for light; only the light from a
full Moon gave any way to see in the night. It wasn’t until the
invention of fire that humans had any way to get any work done
after the Sun went down. Since the Sun was such an important
object, many ancient people treated it with reverence and
considered the Sun a god. Many worshipped the Sun, and built
monuments to celebrate it. Monuments like Stonehenge in England,
and the Pyramids of Egy