Explore Mythology of the Mayas
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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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Research Highlights
Scientists have learned that microbes that live in the soil, like fungi and bacteria, don't produce more carbon dioxide when the climate is warmer. In fact, at first these microbes will produce more carbon...
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