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#Scientists found the key to accurate #Maya #eclipse tables
Eclipse tables in the #DresdenCodex were based on #lunar tables and, rather than being created solely for eclipse prediction, according to a paper published in the journal Science Advances. They also figured out the mechanism by which the Maya ensured that table would be accurate over a very long time period.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/study-how-the-maya-created-such-accurate-eclipse-tables/

Scientists found the key to accurate Maya eclipse tables

Eclipse tables in the Dresden Codex were based on lunar tables and adjusted for slippage over time.

Ars Technica

Daniel Fischer Nov 21

The design and reconstructible history of the Mayan eclipse table of the Dresden Codex: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt9039 -> Scientists found the key to accurate #Maya eclipse tables: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/maya-astronomers-predicted-solar-eclipses/ and https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-how-the-maya-predicted-eclipses-for-centuries and https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-ancient-maya-used-the-dresden-codex-to-predict-solar-eclipses-with-impressive-accuracy-48217 and https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/study-how-the-maya-created-such-accurate-eclipse-tables/ - #eclipse tables in the #DresdenCodex were based on lunar tables and adjusted for slippage over time.

Daniel Fischer Nov 11

The design and reconstructible history of the #Mayan #eclipse table of the #DresdenCodex: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt9039 -> Ancient Maya astronomers accurately predicted solar eclipses centuries in advance / Scientists Reveal How The Maya Predicted Eclipses For Centuries: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/maya-astronomers-predicted-solar-eclipses/ / https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-how-the-maya-predicted-eclipses-for-centuries

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six_grandfathers_mountain Nov 11

@JoBlakely @coreyspowell
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#Dresdencodex is a fucked up name for a Mayan manuscript, nevertheless this is amazing

Like the name of #mountrushmore which was... is... six grandfathers mountain 😅
To me, what's also amazing is there are researchers who can kinda read it and know about the #soloreclipse dates

@coreyspowell
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Most of the intellectual artifacts...treated either as curiosities or as trash

Probably 99% of the #Yucatec #Maya books were burned by the religious 🔥 invaders