Explore Mythology of the Mayas

The Maya believed the Earth was flat with four corners. Each corner represented a cardinal ...
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Xib Chac was the Mayan rain god. He was a benevolent god, and was represented by many colors. ...
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Ix Chel, the "Lady Rainbow," was the old Moon goddess in Mayan mythology. The Maya people lived ...
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The ancient Mayans used the doorways and windows of their buildings as astronomical sightings, ...
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Mayans were sophisticated observers of the sky. Mayans used their astronomical knowledge to ...
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Mayans seem to have thought of the Milky Way as the mystic road along which souls walk into ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that the Maori god of wind and storms,
Tawhiri, had 13 cloud children, as well as the children rain, mist, and fog?
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Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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HolocenexHolocene : The past 10,000 years, including most of the time since the end of the most recent ice age.
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Research Highlights
Scientists have discovered two fossil skeletons of an ancient human ancestor – a species related to humans that had never been found before. The fossils, a young male and an adult female, formed almost...
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