Sky Watchers - Maya astronomy, then and now

Beautiful 2022 Science cover, featuring a 10th-century Maya structure at Chichen Itza called the Observatory for its expansive view of the sky and a design guided by key positions of the ☀️, 🌒, and planets

https://www.science.org/toc/science/376/6597

➡️ the feature article by Joshua Sokol https://www.science.org/content/article/what-did-ancient-maya-see-in-stars-their-descendants-team-with-scientists-find-out

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