MAYA METEORS by James Romero Halley's Maya THE OBSERVATORY Evidence of Maya interest in the heavens can be seen in monumental architecture like El Caracol at Chichen Itza. Scholars of archaeoastronomy believe that this snail-like building was designed to facilitate viewing astronomical phenomena such as the rising of the Sun and the setting of Venus. 36 A PR I L 2 018 * SK Y & TELESCOPE