Explore Mythology of the Mayas
The Earth was conceived by the Maya as flat with four corners. Each corner represented a cardinal ...
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Xib Chac was the rain god according to the Mayan pantheon. The rain god was a benevolent deity, ...
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Ix Chel, the "Lady Rainbow," was the old Moon goddess in Maya mythology. Mayan people lived ...
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Maya astronomers had a remarkably accurate knowledge of the apparent motion of Venus. They ...
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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
seismic waves can travel through the
Earth and produce
earthquakes?
Did you know that the Yoruba god of the sea, Olokun, lives in a palace under the sea, with human and fish attendants?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
P-wavexP-wave : A compressional wave (or pressure wave) in the Earth's surface that shakes the ground back and forth in the same direction and the opposite direction as the direction the wave is moving
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Research Highlights
Scientists can now study climate change in far more detail with powerful new computer software released by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. The Community Earth System...
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