{"id":17455,"date":"2026-07-15T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=17455"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:23:00","slug":"astronomers-name-deciphered-from-ancient-mayan-ruins-for-first-time-white-chested-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=17455","title":{"rendered":"Astronomer&#8217;s name deciphered from ancient Mayan ruins for first time: &#8220;White-chested Fox&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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authored by Sak Tahn Waax, which translates to White-chested Fox.<\/p>\n<p> Mendez said it&#8217;s the only work of its kind attributed to a mathematician from the Maya Classic period, considered the peak of the Mesoamerican civilization.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery was &#8220;made possible by the epigraphic analysis of more than 50 mathematical and astronomical microtexts written on the wall,&#8221; the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/14\/85284277-fd2d-425f-b4cb-1eeea3aaf76e\/thumbnail\/620x489\/4a935bcb9c218d753975bde8bc97f558\/ruins-screenshot-2026-07-14-071118.png#\" alt=\"ruins-screenshot-2026-07-14-071118.png \" height=\"489\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/14\/85284277-fd2d-425f-b4cb-1eeea3aaf76e\/thumbnail\/620x489\/4a935bcb9c218d753975bde8bc97f558\/ruins-screenshot-2026-07-14-071118.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Archaeologists have transcribed mural symbols from Mayan ruins to learn the name of an astronomer and mathematician from the ancient civilization for the first time, Guatemala&#8217;s Ministry of Culture said Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Guatemala&#8217;s Ministry of Culture<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to determining the astronomer&#8217;s name, researchers identified calculations and tables that employ astronomical and calendrical units of time.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers used drawings, photographs and scans of the inscriptions, which were later digitally enhanced, revealing 11 hieroglyphs that could finally be deciphered, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p> The glyphs appeared in &#8220;a context where art was intertwined with science, mathematics, astronomy and everyday life,&#8221; Mendez said.<\/p>\n<p> The Maya civilization went into decline around 900 AD, until its collapse with the arrival of Spanish conquistadors at the turn of the 16th century.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the culture ministry announced archaeologists unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments. <\/p>\n<p>In 2024, an American doctoral student\u00a0discovered\u00a0a sprawling Maya city within a dense jungle in Mexico. 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