The so-called line of the equator crosses the globe through the center, turning it into north and south, according to Holguer Jara, archaeologist, «We should not speak of a millimeter space, in reality we must speak of an equatorial strip, or of an equinoctial valleya space that is shared by some museums, some cultural spaces” and adds, “Half the world is an imaginary line, but we should not take it as a line, but rather as a strip, with a width that –according to experts- It should even be about 5 km.”
Florencio Delgado, an archaeologist and anthropologist at the University of San Francisco, would use a soccer metaphor: “It’s like tying a rope to a soccer ball. If the rope moves a little lower or higher it doesn’t matter. And if you want to spin finer, it depends on the thickness of the rope. How wide does the equator have to be? Shall we put it at 100 meters, one meter, 50 centimeters?” bbc.com
The Intiñán Solar Museum is a museum that can be found on the outskirts of the city of Quito, it was built in 1989, around a couple of hundred-year-old huts and as a way to redeem the culture of the equinoctial peoples and the Lulumbamba indigenous people.
The father of the director of the Intiñán Museum is the journalist and professor Humberto Vera, a pioneer in the investigation of the first astronomers of America or Quitu Caras, on the Equinoctial Line and he is also the one who proposes and carries out the painting of the equatorial red line, in the monument built in San Antonio de Pichincha in 1936, to make half of the world known, and therefore the country of Ecuador; These documents can be consulted and reviewed, requesting an appointment, at the facilities of the Museo de Sitio Intiñán.
From this curious museum, tourists who come daily can enjoy the way in which they buried the dead, stuffed animals, the raising of the guinea pig, or guinea pig, which is a traditional food of the Andes, whose meat has experienced a ‘boom ‘ gastronomy in recent years not only in Peru, but in North America.
This museum is a jewel that faithfully represents the culture and crafts of Ecuador, it has two original huts of amazing construction from the Amazon, it also has a line that divides the two hemispheres, they offer entertainment inviting you to stop an egg on the head of a nail and if he succeeds, he receives a certificate, if he accepts, they put a stamp in his passport alluding to the fact that he was stopped in the middle of the world and another series of entertainments that should not be missed. tripadvisor
«Historically, only the work of the French geodetic missions has been considered and the possibility that the indigenous people, before the Spanish conquest, had developed an astronomical awareness has been underestimated,» Cobo told BBC Mundo.
This researcher considers that Catequilla was used as an astronomical observatory that demonstrates the existence of this consciousness among pre-Hispanic groups and adds: «We hope to find evidence that this society was aware of zero latitude, but we have not yet found proof of that.» ”. But not everyone shares Cobo’s idea.