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Maya wall calendar discovered

Ancient astronomical records found on room’s painted walls

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

Astronomical tables dating to the golden age of Maya civilization have unexpectedly come to light on the walls of a roughly 1,200-year-old room in Guatemala.

HOME IMPROVEMENT Inside a structure excavated at the ancient Maya city of Xultun, researchers found walls bearing astronomical tables and paintings of big-wigs such as these.