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Observatories Of The Mayan Phenomenon

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The Mayan were some of the greatest astronomers for their time. In their observatories they studied the Sun, Moon and stars. The Mayan astronomers also studied planets such as Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury. The main planet that was studied was the planet Venus because, the Mayan believed that Venus was the Sun’s twin and a War God. During their studies they discovered things such as it takes the earth just over 365 days to travel around the Sun. They also recorded things such as eclipse. In the scene you see an observatory. These observatories were found on the outskirts of the town. The buildings were built up high to avoid looking through the thick forest around them. This particular observatory is in the ancient Mayan civilization Chichen
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