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A page from the Madrid Codex (Codex Tro-Cortesianus), one of the Mayan sacred books, showing the corn god (left) and the rain god, Chac, and several Mayan glyphs; in the Museo de América, Madrid.

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A page from the Madrid Codex (Codex Tro-Cortesianus), one of the Mayan sacred books, showing the corn god (left) and the rain god, Chac, and several Mayan glyphs; in the Museo de América, Madrid.

A page from the Madrid Codex (Codex Tro-Cortesianus), one of the Mayan sacred books,...

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Mayan numbal system

Mayan numbal system

The Mayan number system, which is base 20 with simple grouping to base 5.

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