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Solstices brought Mayan communities together, using monuments shaped by science and religion

Solstices brought Mayan communities together, using monuments shaped by science and religion

Politics tamfitronics (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 the fifth century C.E. into the seventh century, scribes painted his ancestors’ genealogies into manuscripts and carved them in stone monuments throughout the […]

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