Explore Mythology of the Mayas
The Maya believed the Earth was flat with four corners. Each corner was a direction shown by ...
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Xib Chac was the Mayan rain god. He was a fair god, and was shown by many colors. He was often ...
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Ix Chel, the "Lady Rainbow," was the Moon goddess in Mayan mythology. The Mayans associated ...
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The ancient Mayans used the doorways and windows of their buildings to look at things in space. ...
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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 road along which souls walk into the underworld. ...
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Research Highlights
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado has created powerful new computer software that will help scientists study climate change in much more detail than ever before....
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