Eclipse table of the Dresden Codex. Credit: Justeson, J., & Lowry, J., Science Advances (2025)
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Historians are still decoding the complex calendar system in the Dresden Codex. Who knows what information was in the many other, lost Mayan manuscripts.
All of these tables were created using centuries of carefully recorded, naked eye observations.
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/maya-astronomers-predicted-solar-eclipses/ #history #science #astronomy
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