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In the first two decades of the 20th century, advances were made in the deciphering of the Maya calendar, and identification of deities, dates, and religious concepts. [122] Sylvanus Morley began a project to document every known Maya monument and hieroglyphic inscription, in some cases recording the texts of monuments that have since been ...
The Maya were keen observers of the sun, stars, and planets. [233] E-Groups were a particular arrangement of temples that were relatively common in the Maya region; [234] they take their names from Group E at Uaxactun. [235] They consisted of three small structures facing a fourth structure, and were used to mark the solstices and equinoxes.
Maya civilization had reached western Honduras in the 5th century A.D., probably spreading from lowland Mayan centers in Guatemala's Petén region. The Maya spread rapidly through the Río Motagua Valley, centering their control on the major ceremonial center of Copán, near the present-day town of Santa Rosa de Copán. For three and a half ...
Nearly seven dozen albarradas, or limestone walls, were discovered in Quintana Roo, officials said. ... The walls date to the Classic Mayan period, between 300 and 600 A.D., making them roughly ...
The Historical Clarification Commission (commonly known as the "Truth Commission") estimated that more than 200,000 people were killed, the vast majority of whom were indigenous civilians. 93% of the human rights abuses reported to the commission were attributed to the military or other government-supported forces. [177]
Aztec calendar (sunstone) Mesoamerican chronology divides the history of prehispanic Mesoamerica into several periods: the Paleo-Indian (first human habitation until 3500 BCE); the Archaic (before 2600 BCE), the Preclassic or Formative (2500 BCE – 250 CE), the Classic (250–900 CE), and the Postclassic (900–1521 CE); as well as the post European contact Colonial Period (1521–1821), and ...
Scholars show how multiple planet movements tie into the 819-day Mayan calendar. The 819 days of the calendar must be viewed across a 45-year time period to fully understand.
The identification of a long-sunken Mayan slave ship is providing an extraordinary history lesson to researchers and archaeologists alike. Excavators in Mexico have confirmed that a shipwreck ...