An ancient Mayan calendar, the Dresden Codex, was able to predict eclipses for centuries, revealing surprising scientific ...

A new study shows the ancient Dresden Codex held calculations could forecast eclipses centuries ahead. Maya daykeepers used overlapping 223- or 358-month cycles to maintain precise lunar and solar ...

Today, astronomers are able to predict a solar eclipse to the minute using sophisticated computer programming that combines Newton's laws of motion with the positions and speeds of the Earth and moon, ...

Introduction -- Yucatán in the Maya context. The maya codices. Conquest and survival -- The Maya directions. Introduction. East and west. Lakin and Chikin. Dze-emal and Noh-emal. North and south. The ...