Explore Mythology of the Mayas
The Maya believed the Earth was flat with four corners. Each corner represented a cardinal ...
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Xib Chac was the Mayan rain god. He was a benevolent god, and was represented by many colors. ...
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Ix Chel, the "Lady Rainbow," was the old Moon goddess in Mayan mythology. The Maya people lived ...
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The ancient Mayans used the doorways and windows of their buildings as astronomical sightings, ...
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Mayans were sophisticated observers of the sky. Mayans used their astronomical knowledge to ...
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Mayans seem to have thought of the Milky Way as the mystic road along which souls walk into ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that the Japanese god
Susanowo was the god of the sea and storms, and that he had a terrible temper?
Did you know that the Yoruba god of the sea, Olokun, lives in a palace under the sea, with human and fish attendants?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
P-wavexP-wave : A compressional wave (or pressure wave) in the Earth's surface that shakes the ground back and forth in the same direction and the opposite direction as the direction the wave is moving
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Research Highlights
Geologists have learned that a magnitude-8.1 earthquake and tsunami that killed 192 people on September 29, 2009 in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga was in fact a triple-whammy. The 8.1 "great earthquake"...
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