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Solstices brought Mayan communities together, using monuments shaped by science and religion – and kingly ambitions, too

(The Conversation) — K’ahk’ Uti’ Witz’ K’awiil knew his history. For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan, a city-state near today’s border between Honduras and Guatemala. From ...
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Forget Jesus — These Mayan Gods Were Worshipped Long Before Christianity Existed

The Mayan mythology gods and goddesses are filled with rich history, rituals, and mysteries — some of which we still uncover today — and some of which you can see in sculpture form when you visit the ...
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Stone houses and earth lords : Maya religion in the cave context / edited by Keith M. Prufer and James E. Brady

Introduction: Religion and role of caves in lowland Maya archaeology / Keith M. Prufer and James E. Brady -- Replicating the sacred landscape: the Chen at Muklebal Tzul / Keith M. Prufer and Andrew ...
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For the Maya, solar eclipses were a sign of heavenly clashes − and their astronomers kept sophisticated records to predict them

(The Conversation) — The skies and the gods were inseparable in Maya culture. Astronomers kept careful track of events like eclipses in order to perform the renewal ceremonies to continue the world’s ...
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Psychedelic Plants Found in Ancient Mayan Ballcourt

Archaeologists studying the ruins of an Ancient Mayan city of Yaxnohcah, on the Yucatán Peninsula in southeastern Mexico, found evidence of at least four psychedelic or medicinal plants that were used ...