The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the Maya civilization among others of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, completes its thirteenth b'ak'tun cycle since the calendar's mythical starting point on 12/21/12. The Long Count b'ak'tun date of this starting point is repeated, for the first time in a span of approximately 5,125 solar years. The significance of this period-ending to the pre-Columbian Maya themselves is unclear, and there is an incomplete inscription (Tortuguero Stela 6) that records this date. It is also to be found carved on the walls of the Temple of Inscriptions in Palenque, where it functions as a base date from which other dates are computed. However, it is conjectured that this may represent in the Maya belief system a transition from the current Creation world into the next.
What do you think will happen? If it's nothing will you be disappointed?
2007-10-04
06:58:10
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BTW- I don't think anything will happen either but that doesn't mean I don't think we can't learn from the Maya, how they lived, and how they eventually died out.
History isn't facts and figures, its analysis of events and cultures in order to learn from their mistakes and utilize their advantages.
2007-10-04
07:19:18 ·
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