GUATEMALA-Archaeologists haveunearthedthe oldestcalendarbelongs toancient MayancivilizationinCentral America. Thecalendaris written onthe wall of abuildingin the middle ofthecrowdedcityneverlost.
Hundreds ofinscriptions(glyphs) engravedorpaintedthewalls of the buildingpaddebrisburiedin the jungles ofGuatemala. Alltheseinscriptionsappears to representthe Mayanastronomical cyclesthat follow thecirculation ofthe Sun, Moonand planetsarevisiblein the eyeslikeVenes.
ProclaimedThe Independent, Friday(05/11/2012), the calendarwas madeseveral centuriesbeforethe MayanDresdenCodexcreated, namelythe famouscalendarsare madefrom the bark. The scientistssaid theDresdenCodexitself was madesometimebeforeColumbus discovered the'New World'in 1492.
Room that housed thecalendarsofthe muralappears to be aworkof thescribes(interpreter note) wholivein the cityXultun. Thiscityis avastcomplex of buildingsin thearea ofPeten, Guatemala, andwas builtin the first centuryBC.
Thiscalendardisplayssuch asthe Mayancalendarcycle of260-dayceremonies, the Sun365-daycalendar, the calendar584 daysVenusandMars780calendardays.The study waspublishedinthe journalScience.
"For the first time wesee something thatmay be anoriginalrecordkept byaScribe. Scribeisworkingto maintainan officialrecordthe Mayancommunities. Andtheydescribe iton thewall. Apparentlytheyuseitlike a blackboard," said expeditionleader, WilliamSaturnofromBostonUniversity.
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