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The ancient settlement of Tetelihtic in Puebla’s Sierra Norte was designed to watch the Sun, archaeologists now say, confirming the existence of a solar observatory more than 2,500 years old. The finding, announced by Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), is the earliest confirmed Group E astronomical complex identified outside the Maya region. Its carefully placed platforms appear to have tracked the agricultural year, including the start of the calendar in February and the harvest season in October. A Solar Observatory Hidden in the Landscape The site, also known as Tetelictic or “Los Cerritos,” lies in the municipality of Teteles de Ávila Castillo. An earlier report by Archaeology Magazine described the settlement as a ceremonial center with pyramidal