The research team scoured the 12 th century C.E. Dresden Codex—a rare, fully preserved Maya book known for its eclipse table.
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The Ancient Maya Used The Dresden Codex to Predict Solar Eclipses with Impressive Accuracy
The Ancient Maya may have had large libraries and an advanced writing system, but very little remains today. Indeed, only ...
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What Scientists Just Uncovered in the Mayan Calendar Is Far More Advanced Than All Modern Calculations
A 13th-century manuscript sits under glass, its bark-paper pages filled with vivid glyphs and cryptic figures, in a quiet ...
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