Explore The Prophecies Of The Mayan Astronomers!
Visit the Classic Mayan cities of Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tikal, and Palenque to discover how the Maya aligned their temples to watch their sky gods and used interlocking calendars to record the past and predict the future.
Explore pyramids towering above the rainforest, designed as observatories to follow the sun. Experience the apocalypse of the Maya and discover how they predicted a fate for the world in 2012.
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Produced by the Houston Museum Of Natural Science.
Music & Score by Shai Fishman - www.shaifishman.com
history, astronomy, earth
general audiences, grades 3+
26 min
English, Spanish
English, Spanish
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