Before calendars were printed, before clocks ticked, and before numbers were written, humans looked up. We looked up at the sky not just to admire the beauty of the stars and celestial bodies, but also to predict the best times for planting and harvesting crops. So stargazing was not just an enjoyable endeavor; it was a method of survival. In
The Maya civilization thrived in what is now southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and parts of Honduras and El Salvador.