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Deuxcents

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1. This is fascinating.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Aug 21, 2023, 11:10 PM

Aug 2023

I wonder how it is (was) that the Mayans built pyramids just like the Egyptians, the people of
India did, too, but just how that happened continents apart. The Mayans were mathematically superior or were they they only ones?

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Scientists Have Finally Cracked the Code on How the Mayan Calendar Works [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2023 OP

This is fascinating. Deuxcents Aug 2023 #1

Both invented zero and a place value system. central scrutinizer Aug 2023 #13

In my best Spock imitation, "Fascinating." niyad Aug 2023 #2

Excellent analysis relayerbob Aug 2023 #3

Wow, without AI, too!! TeamProg Aug 2023 #4

That makes me think there was one persistent guy back then bhikkhu Aug 2023 #5

Wow - not sure that I understand it yet Alice Kramden Aug 2023 #6

I am sure I don't. 3catwoman3 Aug 2023 #7

I'm there with you Alice Kramden Aug 2023 #8

Keeping all those planets noted and tracked, and over 5 centuries ago, wow! DFW Aug 2023 #9

We were supposed to move into a new Mayan age ...venus to mars or mars to venus, can't recall BComplex Aug 2023 #10

And yet didn't they believe that to insure the sun rose the next day, spike jones Aug 2023 #11

If the Spanish priests hadn't burned the Mayan library central scrutinizer Aug 2023 #12