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Mesoamerican Archaeoastronomy -- A review of prehispanic astronomic knowledge: numeration, calendars, dates, stelae, codices & architecture. Extensive bibliography Visit

Southernmost Rise of Venus at Uxmal, 1997 -- Pictorial account of the expedition to photograph the southernmost rise of Venus (which occurs once every eight years) from the ancient Maya city in western Yucatan. Visit

Maya Calendar -- An explanation of the long count, the tzolkin-haab & the relation between the Maya Calendar & the Gregorian Calendar. Visit

Sun key to Mayan misery? -- The BBC report on a theory that Mayan astronomy may have been inspired by fluctations in the brightness of the sun. (May 22, 2001) Visit

The Maya Astronomy Page -- Contains study of Maya mathematics, geographical orientation, writing, calendar, & Maya-related links. Visit

Mayan Calendar -- An introduction to the Mayan Calendar. Visit

Dresden Codex -- Dating the eclipse table of the Dresden Codex, with solution of the correlation problem. Technical. Visit

Real Maya Prophecies: Astronomy in the inscriptions & codices -- Overview of the evidence for Mayan astronomy. Visit



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