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
Apollo was the son of
Zeus and Leto, the twin brother of
Artemis, and the Greek god of the Sun?
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Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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PleistocenexPleistocene : The time period between about 10,000 years before present and about 1,650,000 years before present.
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Research Highlights
Conservation efforts to protect endangered corals in the Caribbean focus on the areas that have the largest variety of species. Ann Budd of the University of Iowa and John Pandolfi of the University of...
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