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Thread started 05/11/12 7:07am

Graycap23

Oldest known Maya calendar found in Guatemala

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Oldest known Maya calendar found in Guatemala

The artwork at the Xultun site is unusually well preserved, archaeologists say, and one calendar projects 4,000 years beyond now.

Maya artwork at the Xultun site in Guatemala includes oldest known Maya calendar

Artwork adorns a wall in a room in the ruined Maya city of Xultun, in remote northeastern Guatemala. The figure at left is one of three men on the west wall who are painted in black and wear identical costumes. (Tyrone Turner, National Geographic / May 24, 2011)

In the remote northeastern corner of Guatemala, archaeologists have found what appears to be the 9th century workplace of a city scribe, an unusual dwelling adorned with magnificent pictures of the king and other royals and the oldest known Maya calendar.

This year has been particularly controversial among some cultists because of the belief that the Maya calendar predicts a major cataclysm — perhaps the end of the world — on Dec. 21, 2012. Archaeologists know that is not true, but the new find, written on the plaster equivalent of a modern scientist's whiteboard, strongly reinforces the idea that the Maya calendar projects thousands of years into the future.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-sci-ancient-mayan-calendar-20120511,0,2590417.story

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Reply #1 posted 05/11/12 8:01am

RodeoSchro

Whew!

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Reply #2 posted 05/11/12 8:06am

Graycap23

RodeoSchro said:

Whew!

lol........

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Reply #3 posted 05/11/12 9:50am

nursev

Graycap23 said:

RodeoSchro said:

Whew!

lol........

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Reply #4 posted 05/11/12 10:42am

PurpleJedi

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RodeoSchro said:

Whew!

falloff

By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory!
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Reply #5 posted 05/11/12 10:43am

Timmy84

RodeoSchro said:

Whew!

lol lol lol

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Reply #6 posted 05/11/12 12:12pm

Shyra

I got sidelined by the paragraph about the farting dinosaurs. lol

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Reply #7 posted 05/11/12 1:56pm

nursev

Shyra said:

I got sidelined by the paragraph about the farting dinosaurs. lol

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Reply #8 posted 05/16/12 9:38am

Shyra

nursev said:

Shyra said:

I got sidelined by the paragraph about the farting dinosaurs. lol

falloff

Just think if dinosaurs had survived, a couple small ones farting could warm your whole house for the winter! lol

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Reply #9 posted 05/16/12 3:04pm

PurpleJedi

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Shyra said:

nursev said:

falloff

Just think if dinosaurs had survived, a couple small ones farting could warm your whole house for the winter! lol

ill

...so then make friends with the Klumps and invite them over for chili dinners when it's really cold outside...

By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory!
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