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Pictorial account of the expedition to capture the first photographs of the southernmost rise of Venus as seen from the ancient Maya city of Uxmal in western Yucatan. Provides historical and contemporary background information and details about this successful effort to document this event that only occurs once every eight years.

A critical review of contemporary understandings of prehispanic astronomic knowledge in Mesoamerica. Article includes new findings of accurate astronomic data.

Http://www.knowledge.co.uk/xxx/cat/mayan/ The Mayan Prophecies Published 1995 (c) by Adrian Gilbert and Maurice Cotterell Buy Online from Amazon Short Overview. The authors demonstrate how the Mayan Holy Number 1, 366, 560 days, known as the birth of Venus and the basis of their calendar, indicates ancient knowledge of sun spot cycles and their effect on the human race. They explore the popular ...