Recent scientific research has unveiled the precise methods the ancient Maya civilization used to predict solar eclipses with ...

By comparing the table with our modern knowledge of eclipse cycles, they found that with this method, the Maya would have ...

On July 11, 1999, the Yucatan Peninsula was plunged into darkness as the moon passed momentarily between the sun and the ...

Researchers reveal that the Maya predicted solar eclipses for centuries using a sophisticated lunar calendar. This research ...

The research team scoured the 12 th century C.E. Dresden Codex—a rare, fully preserved Maya book known for its eclipse table.

Learn more about Maya daykeepers and how they created lunar calendar tables to predict celestial events.

The authenticity of the Grolier Codex has been disputed for the last four decades. A group of researchers who revisited the rare Maya text now argue that there's no way it could be a forgery. If the ...

Since it was reportedly unearthed in the 1960s, the 13th century Grolier Codex – one of the rarest books in the world – has been regarded with scepticism. Some people have questioned the authenticity ...

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A bark-paper document with a weird backstory and once suspected to be a forgery is the real deal, researchers say. If true, that increases the likelihood that the plaster-coated book covered with ...