Planting Life 2026: Corn, Culture, and the Living Stars (Part 6A)
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Alonso Mendez discusses the ancient Maya wisdom of corn and its connection to the cosmos.
In the 1st part of this closing session of Planting Life, Alonso Mendez — archaeoastronomer, artist, and farmer — opens a window into the ancient Maya wisdom of corn and cosmos. Drawing on twenty years of research at Palenque and recent discoveries still unpublished, Alonso traces the deep roots of a civilization shaped by maize. Our teeth, he observes, are corn seeds — teeth surviving centuries… Source
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