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DESCRIPTION:When the Serpent Bites the Sun: How the Ancient Maya Predicted 
 Eclipses\,\nLike the Coming One Here on April 8th\n\nA free lecture by Dr.
  Peter Dunham \nAll are welcome\n\nHow did the ancient Maya predict eclips
 es?\n\nEclipses are mysterious.  Many of us do not understand them.  Few c
 an actually predict them.  But\, the ancient Maya did.  One of their books
  contains a table that predicts eclipses anywhere in the world\, like the 
 one that we are about to experience in Northern Ohio.  How did they do it?
   Join us as we explore ancient Maya eclipse prediction\, a journey that i
 s bound to put the coming eclipse in a whole new light for you and renew y
 our appreciation for the many great achievements of Native American people
 s.\n\nABOUT PETER DUNHAM\nA retired archaeologist from CSU’s Anthropolog
 y program in the Department of World Languages\, Literatures\, and Culture
 s\, Dr. Peter Dunham spent his career studying Native American civilizatio
 ns\, in particular the ancient Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula. For a number
  of years\, he directed a major project funded by the National Geographic 
 Society on Maya resource exploitation and exchange in the Maya Mountains o
 f Belize\, where he discovered over a dozen previously unreported sites.
LOCATION:Michael Schwartz Library\, 1st floor\, 1st floor
SUMMARY:When the Serpent Bites the Sun:  How the Ancient Maya Predicted Ecl
 ipses
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 -the-sun-how-the-ancient-maya-predicted-eclipses
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Presentation
CATEGORIES:Humanities
CATEGORIES:Eclipse 2024
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