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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦊🔢 Archaeologists have identified #Saktahnwaax, a #Maya mathematician-astronomer from around 800 CE, as the first named scientist of the pre-Columbian Americas.
Found in a painted chamber at #Xultun, #Guatemala, his name appears alongside advanced formulas, including a 2,920 day cycle that integrates #solar and #Venus years.
