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Mayan Calendar

Scientists Finally Cracked

By RAKESH SHARMAPublished 3 years ago 6 min read

Might you at any point let me know date it today piece of cake you simply take a gander at your cell phone and presto you promptly know the day month and year yet was it generally this simple to tell the date did the old individuals even have the idea of a year that endures 365 days yes and negative

Mayan schedules had Cycles that is near what we call a year yet

the Mayan cycle was significantly longer 8 19 days and this is where the Secret Starts 8 19 days contrasted with what when does this schedule start and when does it end researchers were asking themselves this

question for quite a long time they found and interpreted the Mayan

schedule during the 1940s as of late two American researchers John Linden and Victoria Bricker approached with a

arrangement so what did they do another way from their ancestors the team interpreted The Code by widening their reasoning they extended

the schedule from 8 19 days to full 45 years that is quite a bit longer than the first cycle and an example began to arise this was a significant advancement on the grounds that the Maya said what time it was in a confounded manner

you can disregard the simple to peruse Arabic numerals we have today these antiquated individuals utilized glyphs these are minuscule pictures that address

characters something like the symbols on your work area or General images when you see a little spot with three bended lines above it you realize there is a wi-fi network accessible the Mayan schedule involved glyphs that addressed creatures or normal peculiarities for instance

there were images for Panther and a hawk every glyph Stamped One Day each cycle is rehashed multiple times eight out of 19 X4 how about we call these four Cycles impedes the Mayas hued each block contrastingly researchers thought these varieties compared to the four cardinal bearings red was East White North West was dark lastly yellow checked

South however at that point the 1980s came better believe it this was an odd ten years the estimations were totally off base scientists verified that the varieties were related with the place of the sun overhead it worked out that yellow representedthe most elevated mark of the sun which is

called a Pinnacle white was the absolute bottom called the nadir it appears to be that the schedule showed exactly the way in which great the old Mayas were at

stargazing this is generally clear to Chichen Itza this guideline Mayan city

is situated on the Yucatan PeninsulaMexico there stands a great step pyramid it is committed to The Padded Snake divinity and its arrangement is wonderful something sublime occurs here two times every year during the equinoxes Marchand September these are the times when the sun sparkles straight over the equator on these two dates the constantly endures something similar at the site of the pyramid sunlightfirst enlightens the model of the snake head at the foundation of the

structure then it advances up the 91 stages this makes the deception that a snake is Crawling down the pyramid even today individuals assemble to observe the site and it probably been more noteworthy when the Mayas finished the design 1050 1300 CE do you have at least some idea what a cenotic period is neither do I yet Mayan stargazers did a sonatic

period is the time that elapses before a heavenly body does a full lap

for instance this is the period between two full moons when you look from Earth this period endures approximately 30 days and the Mayas were taking a gander at the skies constant they painstakingly noticed the synodic times of all planets from Venus to Saturn these old cosmologists tracked practically all heavenly bodies yet what does this have

to do with their schedule the American analysts estimations

uncovered the connection we should take the planetclosest to the Sun as an illustration Mercury its synodic period is 117 days increase that by 7 and you get which number precisely 8 to 19 when 17 X7 rises to sign 819 incident certainly not on the grounds that sonatic times of different planets likewise perfectly match the otherworldly figure 819 yet this isn't noticeable from a solitary Mayan cycle researchers needed to grow it a few times to find the example there is a motivation behind why nobody could interpret the code for such a long time they were centered around a solitary planet the stunt was to add the Mayan estimation for every one of the planets specialists simply had to see the master plan this carries us to the year 2012. can you

recall that certain individuals felt that the world would end on December 21st that ended up being a failure we arealive and well at this point

however, which began this misleading gossip the Mayan schedule obviously you see these old individuals based their schedule onlong times of the multitude of planets that incorporated a ton of muddled math and a great deal of increasing this 2012 was basically when their cycle finished it is known as The Long Count this period is equivalent to our year for the Mayas 2012 was something like the 31st of December for us simply an

end of a cycle in which they estimated time so there was compelling reason need to overreact those New Year's Eve gatherings may be a little

wild yet the world doesn't end on January first the Mayas extended more than their schedule elastic was the situation yes

you've heard it accurately these old individuals were making various grades of elastic 3000 years before one renowned American did Charles Goodyear they would remove regular plastic from the elastic tree this is a smooth substance that can be transformed into Elastic and they weren't the

only ones researchers found proof that their neighbors the Aztecs and the olmecs did likewise yet how did they manage elastic they

didn't require vehicle tires certainly yet it's cool to have a decent sets of

shoes for the ocean side the Spanish expounded on Elastic Sole

Footwear that locals wore tragically researchers actually haven't found them that would be a major step for prehistoric studies so the Maya were perky with elastic in a real sense specialists speculated that they delivered balls from plastic these were fun and gone in size from a softball to a soccer ball a regular Mayan ball game pits included two Circles you should think b-ball yet not exactly the Loops were set on walls 23 feet high contrast that with the NBA standard of 10 feet and the band was the reverse way around there is likewise a sweet side to the story

of the Mayas these old individuals delighted in chocolate as a matter of fact the cutting edge word chocolate likely comes from their language sokolatal this implied Unpleasant Water OK you get the harsh part yet why water the Mayas didn't deliver chocolate in the structure we know it today they didn't make bars of chocolate they drank it crushed cocoa beans made for magnificent beverages the Mayas culminated the combination over the long haul and, surprisingly, added flavors anybody up for a blazing chocolate beverage

with stew peppers and cornmeal who knows perhaps this drink really tasted well cocoa beans were holy and utilized as a

cash analysts accept all friendly classes got to appreciate it free chocolate for all sounds pleasant even today however where did the Mayas get clean water for their cocoa drinks from the most seasoned known filtration framework in the Western Half of the globe it depended on zeolite theseare minerals that contain aluminum and silicone mixtures think about what present day air water purifiers actually utilize this material Mayan Tech wins once more back in Europe Roger Bacon fostered a sand filtration framework in 1627 nearly 1 800 years after the Mayas yet what might be said about districts without streams lakes or Springs Mayan Designers had it

in order water they would cut out enormous supplies in the

Limestone Bedrock then they would cover these underground caverns with a layer of a watertight material the last step was to make little channels that gathered water from the slopes above researchers

assessed that only one of these repositories could hang on normal 10 000 gallons of water to the point of filling 55 current hot tubs that is all there is to it for now so hello on the off chance that you conciliated your interest, give the video a like and offer it with your companions or on the other hand assuming you need all the more snap on these recordings and remain on the brightside

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