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Which Maya structure at Chichén Itzá served as an observatory for Venus?
Caracol means "snail" in Spanish, after its spiral staircase; its windows align with Venus's most extreme risings.
What name do scholars give the Maya's 260-day ritual calendar?
The Tzolk'in pairs 13 numbers with 20 named days, and its cycle still guides Maya ceremonies today.
El Castillo's equinox shadows trace the body of which creature down its staircase?
Sloping terrace shadows link into a serpent's body that meets the snake head carved at the stair's base, honoring Kukulcán.
Maya mathematics uses which base for counting and calendars?
Maya scribes wrote ones as dots and fives as bars, and their shell glyph stands for zero, invented before Europe's.