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Through countless centuries, a frustrating mystery sprawled across the sky: What was that strange glowing band? Mesoamericans pictured it as the path to heaven taken by the dead. Medieval Europeans called it Via Galactica, the “milk road.”
Through countless centuries, a frustrating mystery sprawled across the sky: What was that strange glowing band? Mesoamericans pictured it as the path to heaven taken by the dead. Medieval Europeans called it Via Galactica, the “milk road.”