the Mayan calendar (1 Viewer)

[Arc de Triumphe]

What Idiots.....

Thats sacasim right?


Mayans realized that there were cycles in the Cosmos. From this came their reckoning of time, and a calendar that accurately measures the solar year to within minutes.
The Maya understood 17 different Calendars based on the Cosmos. Some of these calendars go back as far as ten million years and are so difficult that you would need an astronomer, astrologer, geologist, and a mathematician just to work out the calculations. They also made tables predicting eclipses and the orbit of the planet Venus.
That does'nt even cover the way they built their pyramids and temples that chirped like birds.

 

[Taurus]

The people who built Tulum weren't stupid.

Arranging your temple so the Sun god actually shows up on cue is an amazing combination of engineering, astronomy and salesmanship.

 

[Jayden]

Thats sacasim right?


Mayans realized that there were cycles in the Cosmos. From this came their reckoning of time, and a calendar that accurately measures the solar year to within minutes.
The Maya understood 17 different Calendars based on the Cosmos. Some of these calendars go back as far as ten million years and are so difficult that you would need an astronomer, astrologer, geologist, and a mathematician just to work out the calculations. They also made tables predicting eclipses and the orbit of the planet Venus.
That does'nt even cover the way they built their pyramids and temples that chirped like birds.

I guess I have much to learn...

 

[BullDawg]

Yeah, the Myans were anything but stupid.

 

[tomwaits]

the Mayans kicked my grandmother in the stomach.

 

[SWJJ]

She should not have been standing in the way of the kick

 

[Waymer]

Mayans vs. Incans vs. Aztecs. Who wins in a battle to the death?

 

[SWJJ]

Gengis and the mongolians.

Then the mayans

norsemen (vikings)

incas

Roman Gladiators

Assyrians


9th Centry Scots

Gauls (led by Vercingetorix)

Macedonians

Turks (should be ranked higher)

Mesopotamians

Anglo-Saxons

Huns

then Aztecs

 

[Sandman]

Mayans vs. Incans vs. Aztecs. Who wins in a battle to the death?

It would be a tie.

 

[tomwaits]

Gengis and the mongolians.

Then the mayans

norsemen (vikings)

incas

Roman Gladiators

Assyrians


9th Centry Scots

Gauls (led by Vercingetorix)

Macedonians

Turks (should be ranked higher)

Mesopotamians

Anglo-Saxons

Huns

then Aztecs

Are you trying to list all of the people who have kicked my grandmother in the stomach??

 

[SWJJ]

yes did I forget someone?

 

[tomwaits]

yes did I forget someone?

lots of people...
the Quakers, the bakers, the candlestick makers...

 

[SuperSaintJohn69]

http://www.crawford2000.co.uk/maya.htm


wonder what this means...

Do you have a fixation with The End?

 

[SuperSaintJohn69]

What ever happened to the Mayans?

They became extinct, thanks to diseases brought by foriegners.

 

[SuperSaintJohn69]

The Spanish Conquistadores killed the with smallpox.

word.that's how it happened.