How do you read the Mayan Calendar?
The Mayan civilization flourished in what is now the southern part of Mexico and in countries such as Guatemala and Belize. With observatories in many of their cities, the Mayans used astronomy and mathematics to develop an intricate calendar system. The ruling priest class used this calendar system to regulate the life of the populace, according to an article entitled “Mayan Mathematics” by J. J. O’Connor and E. F. Robertson of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Recently, much attention has been put on the Mayan calendar as it points to the closing of an age of 5,000 years, the time period in which human civilization flourished, and has the end date set at 2012. The Mayan calendar itself consists of three sets of interlocking wheels of different sizes, giving thousands of combinations of possible dates. It is important to be able to understand all three wheels to effectively read the Mayan calendar. Learn the long count. The long count
