Dresden Codex
Pre-Columbian astronomical text
The Dresden Codex is a pre-Columbian Maya manuscript, one of only four surviving Maya books.
Dating to the 11th or 12th century, it contains astronomical tables, calendrical calculations, and ritual information, including accurate predictions of Venus cycles and eclipses.
Named for the library in Dresden, Germany, where it has been housed since 1739.
- ancient manuscriptVery old written document
- TikalMaya archaeological site
- Chichen ItzaPre-Columbian archaeological site
- solar eclipsesMoon obscuring sunlight briefly
- MesoamericaPre-Columbian Central American region
lunar phases · astronomical tables · logograms · equinoxes · solstices · Yucatan · feathered serpent · Maya calendar · burial practices · Egyptian hieroglyphs · fig · obsidian · cacao · stratigraphy · sacrifice · serpent · Maya · jaguar
- MayaTikal, Chichen Itza, glyphs, glyph, hieroglyphs
- ancient AmericasMachu Picchu, Chichen Itza, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan, Tikal
- archaeoastronomyStonehenge, stone circles, medicine wheels, ancient observatories, standing stones
- Maya Codiceshieroglyphs, almanacs, astronomical tables, Long Count
- Maya writinghieroglyphs, logograms, glyphs, epigraphy, decipherment
- Mesoamerican codices
Dresden Codexstone inscriptions
Writing carved in rock
monumental architecture · cave paintings · petroglyphs · Rosetta Stone · cuneiform tablets
Dresden CodexDead Sea Scrolls
Ancient manuscripts from Judean caves
Book of Kells · Gutenberg Bible · Domesday Book · I Ching · Torah scrolls