Oldest Mayan Calendar Found in The Lost City

GUATEMALA - Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest calendar belongs to ancient Mayan civilization in Central America. The calendar is written on the wall of a building in the middle of the crowded city never lost.

Hundreds of inscriptions (glyphs) engraved or painted the walls of the building pad debris buried in the jungles of Guatemala. All these inscriptions appears to represent the Mayan astronomical cycles that follow the circulation of the Sun, Moon and planets are visible in the eyes like Venes.

Proclaimed The Independent, Friday (05/11/2012), the calendar was made several centuries before the Mayan Dresden Codex created, namely the famous calendars are made from the bark. The scientists said the Dresden Codex itself was made some time before Columbus discovered the 'New World' in 1492.

Room that housed the calendars of the mural appears to be a work of the scribes (interpreter note) who live in the city Xultun. This city is a vast complex of buildings in the area of ​​Peten, Guatemala, and was built in the first century BC.

This calendar displays such as the Mayan calendar cycle of 260-day ceremonies, the Sun 365-day calendar, the calendar 584 days Venus and Mars 780 calendar days. The study was published in the journal Science.

"For the first time we see something that may be an original record kept by a Scribe. Scribe is working to maintain an official record the Mayan communities. And they describe it on the wall. Apparently they use it like a blackboard," said expedition leader, William Saturno from Boston University.

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