Using his unique skill set, Förstemann decoded the astronomy tables the ... They understand how the ancient language was spoken compared to modern Maya and have begun to grasp the lost ...

Archaeologists have uncovered new stucco reliefs at the ancient Maya city of Dzibanché ... because both cultures were interested in astronomy. Animals were significant for both.

Ancestor worship was important and similar to the Shang dynasty in China and also the ancient Egyptians, at around the same time (1500 BC). Maya households ... calendar and astronomy and their ...

He was especially interested in Mayan astronomy and their relationship with the skies. One day, while looking at a map of ancient ruins on the Yucatán Peninsula, Gadoury realized the Maya had ...