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Painted ancient Maya numbers reflect calendar reaching well beyond 2012 (w/ Video)
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| 10 MAY 2012
| Provided by National Geographic Society
Posted on 05/14/2012 1:19:34 PM PDT by Red Badger
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Four long numbers on the north wall of the ruined house relate to the Maya calendar and computations about the moon, sun and possibly Venus and Mars; the dates stretch some 7,000 years into the future. These are the first calculations Maya archaeologists have found that seem to tabulate all of these cycles in this way. Although they all involve common multiples of key calendrical and astronomical cycles, the exact significance of these particular spans of time is not known. Illustration by William Saturno and David Stuart © 2012 National Geographic
To: Red Badger
So the end of the world is postponed?
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:20:49 PM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(Journalists first; then lawyers.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:21:47 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Arm_Bears
Or maybe the guy was just trying to calculate the years and got distracted.............
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:23:02 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Arm_Bears
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:25:12 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Red Badger
OH nooooes! I already spent my retirement! I’m gonna sue the History Channel!
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:27:21 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(ANYBODY BUT OBAMA!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:28:38 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: pgkdan
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:32:32 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Red Badger
But the article neglected to mention that there was a Mayan phrase following that third column that was only translated today.
Roughly translated, it said, “No, wait....”
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:36:27 PM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: Red Badger
And to think they made this discovery just in the nick of time!
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:38:22 PM PDT
by
Hunton Peck
(See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
To: Da Coyote
Maybe he was calculating the interest on his bank account.................
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:39:35 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Red Badger
So, no end of the world prediction? Where’s the money in that?
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:40:38 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: TigersEye
Well, at least now you can go ahead and vote for someone other than Obozo in November with the prospect that they will take office in January 2013.........;^)
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posted on
05/14/2012 1:51:48 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Hunton Peck
And to think they made this discovery just in the nick of time!
If we really wanted to play it safe somebody should start a "pick the date" website. Since scripture says that nobody can know the date, all we would need is a 100,000 people logging on and picking the next available date and we're good for like 275 years.
To: Red Badger
Right at the end of column 4, I can barely make out the extremely small glyphing, but I think it says Harold Camping.
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posted on
05/14/2012 2:07:32 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
To: Red Badger
Well, DUH!!
That was BEFORE they got the bad news!!!!
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posted on
05/14/2012 2:08:46 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding)
To: Red Badger
I was going to vote for myself ... but that’s right out now!
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posted on
05/14/2012 2:09:06 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: Red Badger
Maybe 2012 is the end of time just for the Democrats.
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posted on
05/14/2012 2:14:43 PM PDT
by
tbpiper
To: Red Badger
Mayan Acolyte: "Oh Learned One, I beseech thee. Please share your wisdom with this undeserving soul.
Will the gods permit one such as me to know how you have determined the counting of days for all mankind ceases at the end of the 13th b'ak'tun on this calendar?
Learned One:
"Simple. I ran out of paint and my stylus broke."
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posted on
05/14/2012 2:15:50 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(If Repubbies paid as much attention to Rush as the 'Rats we wouldn't be in this mess)
To: Red Badger
Oh Man!, I have been running up my credit cards all year expecting the end of the World on Dec, 21!
Now I am going to have to pay it all back!
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posted on
05/14/2012 2:24:46 PM PDT
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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