Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars

Name: Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars
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ISBN: 9780802716347

ISBN-10: 0802716342

ISBN-13: 9780802716347

Edition: N/A

Authors: Geoff Stray

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The only small, popular book on the important subject of ancient calendars. nbsp; 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.nbsp; 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…

Book details

List price: $12.00
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 11/6/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 64
Size: 5.75" wide x 7.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English