Ancient cultures responded with wonder to eclipses. Archeoastronomy explores their reactions. A scientific field emerging in recent decades, it delves into ancient predictions using clues like bark books and Chinese oracle bones.
The six-five beat, termed by Anthony Aveni, helped ancient Maya, Chinese, and Babylonians predict solar eclipses. Two recurring patterns, A (41 months) and B (47 months), led to the calculation of when nearly identical eclipses would happen.
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