Ancient Americas Discover: Earliest Named Scientist Unearthed by Archaeologists
Archaeologists have identified Saktahnwaax, the first named mathematician-astronomer from the pre-Columbian Americas, via inscriptions found in a painted chamber at the Maya site of Xultun in Guatemala. According to a paper published in Antiquity by David Stuart of the University of Texas at Austin and his colleagues, the individual—whose name translates to “White-Chested Fox”—likely lived … Read more
