Explore Mythology of the Mayas
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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
Corals in the Caribbean are threatened by global warming and climate change. Most of the efforts to conserve corals in this area have focused on the most diverse corals in the center of the Caribbean....
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