A Correlation of the Mayan and European Calendars
Author: John Eric Sidney Thompson
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 546
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A Correlation of the Mayan and European Calendars
Author: John Eric Sidney Thompson
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 22
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Solar Year of the Mayas of Quirigua, Guatemala
Author: John Eric Sidney Thompson
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Published: 1932
Total Pages: 57
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars
Author: Geoff Stray
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2007-11-06
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 0802716342
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The only small, popular book on the important subject of ancient calendars. The study of heavenly cycles is common to most ancient cultures. The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Babylonians all tried to make sense of the year. But it fell to the later Mesoamerican Maya to create a series of calendars that could be cross referenced. In doing so, the Maya discovered many strange numerical harmonics. Their lunar calendar was extremely accurate-far more so than the Greek Metonic cycle; they tracked Venus to an accuracy of less than a day in five hundred years and their tables could have been used to predict eclipses seven hundred years in the future. This book will provide a much needed compact guide to the Mayan calendar systems as well as covering the essentials of calendar development throughout the world.
The Maya Year
The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing
Author: Stephen D. Houston
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9780806132044
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing is an important story of intellectual discovery and a tale of code breaking comparable to the interpreting of Egyptian hieroglyphs and the decoding of cuneiform. This book provides a history of the interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs. Introductory essays offer the historical context and describe the personalities and theories of the many authors who contributed to the understanding of these ancient glyphs.
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Mayan Calendar Prophecies: Predictions for 2012-2052
Author: Gary C. Daniels
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 199
ISBN-13: 1300266465
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Take a look at the science behind the Mayan calendar, prophecies and mythology. The Maya believed multiple cycles governed civilization. They created various calendars to track these cycles. Their short count calendar tracked a 256-year cycle believed to control epidemics, famines, warfare and more. Scientists have found a 250-year solar cycle that also appears to affect epidemics, famines, warfare and more. Their long count calendar tracked a 5000-year cycle related to natural disasters and cosmic catastrophes. Scientists have also discovered that the Earth is subjected to periodic bombardment by comets and asteroids that plunges the world into long periods of darkness and cold. Mayan mythology appears to record such events and in some instances even the exact dates on which these catastrophes occurred in the past. By comparing these dates with ice core records, sedimentary records, and climate records, this book reveals the truth about civilization's darkest days. And what may lie ahead in the future.
New Theories on the Ancient Maya
Author: Elin C. Danien
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Published: 1992-01-29
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780924171130
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Papers from the 1987 Maya Weekend conference at the University of Pennsylvania Museum present current views of Maya culture and language. Also included is an article by George Stuart summarizing the history of the study of Maya hieroglyphs and the fascinating scholars and laypersons who have helped bring about their decipherment. Symposium Series III University Museum Monograph, 77
The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition
Author: Robert J. Sharer
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 986
ISBN-13: 9780804748179
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The rich findings of recent exploration and research are incorporated in this completely revised and greatly expanded sixth edition of this standard work on the Maya people. New field discoveries, new technical advances, new successes in the decipherment of Maya writing, and new theoretical perspectives on the Maya past have made this new edition necessary.
