2026年7月14日 美国东部时间上午7:19 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
危地马拉文化部周一表示，考古学家已从古玛雅遗址的壁画符号中破译出这一古代文明一位天文学家兼数学家的姓名，这在全球尚属首次。
该姓名“白胸狐”发现于墨西哥边境圣巴托洛-舒尔通（San Bartolo-Xultun）考古遗址的壁画中，这些壁画的年代可追溯至公元前400年至公元900年。
文化部长路易斯·门德斯向记者表示，舒尔通遗址的研究人员出土了一份由“Sak Tahn Waax”撰写的“完整数学与天文公式”，该词的含义即为“白胸狐”。
门德斯称，这是目前发现的唯一一件归属玛雅古典时期（被视为中美洲文明的鼎盛阶段）数学家的同类作品。
文化部在一份声明中表示，此次发现“得益于对墙面书写的50余篇数学与天文微型文本的铭文分析”。
考古学家已从古玛雅遗址的壁画符号中破译出这一古代文明一位天文学家兼数学家的姓名，这在全球尚属首次。危地马拉文化部
研究人员除确定了这位天文学家的姓名外，还识别出了使用天文和历法时间单位进行的计算与制表。
文化部表示，研究人员借助对铭文的绘图、拍摄和扫描，随后对图像进行了数字化增强，最终识别出11个可破译的象形文字。
门德斯表示，这些象形文字出现在“艺术与科学、数学、天文学以及日常生活相互交织的场景中”。
玛雅文明在公元900年左右走向衰落，最终随着16世纪初西班牙征服者的到来彻底覆灭。
去年，文化部宣布考古学家在危地马拉北部发现了一座距今近3000年的玛雅城市遗址，其中包含金字塔和纪念碑。
2024年，一名美国博士生在墨西哥茂密的丛林中发现了一座规模宏大的玛雅城市。科学家和考古学家通过从飞机上发射激光穿透茂密丛林，已发现了多处古玛雅遗址。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/scientists-use-laser-technology-to-uncover-more-mayan-ruins/
Astronomer’s name deciphered from ancient Mayan ruins for first time: “White-chested Fox”
July 14, 2026 7:19 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
Archaeologists have transcribed mural symbols from Mayan ruins to learn the name of an astronomer and mathematician from the ancient civilization for the first time, Guatemala’s Ministry of Culture said Monday.
The name “White-chested Fox” was found in drawings dating from 400 BC to 900 AD at the San Bartolo-Xultun archaeological site on the Mexican border.
Culture minister Luis Mendez told reporters researchers at Xultun unearthed a “complete mathematical and astronomical formula” authored by Sak Tahn Waax, which translates to White-chested Fox.
Mendez said it’s the only work of its kind attributed to a mathematician from the Maya Classic period, considered the peak of the Mesoamerican civilization.
The discovery was “made possible by the epigraphic analysis of more than 50 mathematical and astronomical microtexts written on the wall,” the ministry said in a statement.
Archaeologists have transcribed mural symbols from Mayan ruins to learn the name of an astronomer and mathematician from the ancient civilization for the first time, Guatemala’s Ministry of Culture said Monday. Guatemala’s Ministry of Culture
In addition to determining the astronomer’s name, researchers identified calculations and tables that employ astronomical and calendrical units of time.
Researchers used drawings, photographs and scans of the inscriptions, which were later digitally enhanced, revealing 11 hieroglyphs that could finally be deciphered, the ministry said.
The glyphs appeared in “a context where art was intertwined with science, mathematics, astronomy and everyday life,” Mendez said.
The Maya civilization went into decline around 900 AD, until its collapse with the arrival of Spanish conquistadors at the turn of the 16th century.
Last year, the culture ministry announced archaeologists unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments.
In 2024, an American doctoral student discovered a sprawling Maya city within a dense jungle in Mexico. Scientists and archaeologists have discovered ancient Mayan ruins by shooting lasers down from a plane to penetrate the dense jungle.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/scientists-use-laser-technology-to-uncover-more-mayan-ruins/
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