December 21, 2012
by Cara,
at 2:59 pm
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Here’s a cheery post to kick off your weekend.
When I was just a youngling in middle school, my History teacher showed a video about the Mayans and their uncanny ability to predict the future based on a simple system of calculations derived from calendar tracking. In fact, the Mayans intertwined both mythological beliefs with actual day counts, allowing for a round 260-day-year calendar. The Mayans had several other round calendars which, when woven together, both tracked and predicted Lunar Phases and Seasons.
As part of a newer school of understanding, archaeologists have uncovered the Mesoamerican calendar which predicts a cataclysmic event. The prediction is, in its basest form, an actual date for Armageddon.
The video we saw in middle school was hoaky and a little bit terrifying, too. Here, an informative video also entertains giving the prediction new life:
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April 24, 2008 @ 1:19 pm, by Adam
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