The research team scoured the 12 th century C.E. Dresden Codex—a rare, fully preserved Maya book known for its eclipse table.
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The Ancient Maya Used The Dresden Codex to Predict Solar Eclipses with Impressive Accuracy
Learn more about Maya daykeepers and how they created lunar calendar tables to predict celestial events.
New research reveals how Mayan astronomers built a precise eclipse prediction system using complex lunar mathematics.
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