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arstechnica.com
2 weeks ago
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Study: The Maya blessed their ball courts in rituals with hallucinogenic plants

One main point in the article is that the Maya civilization may have conducted ritualistic blessings involving hallucinogenic plants for their ball courts. [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago
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How Ancient Humans StudiedAnd PredictedSolar Eclipses

Ancient cultures responded to eclipses with intrigue and mystery.
Archeoastronomy studies ancient civilizations' predictions of solar eclipses using mathematical patterns like the six-five beat. [ more ]
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