NATS 1745 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pope Gregory Xiii, Gregorian Calendar, Ptolemy Iii Euergetes
3 Apr 2016
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Mayan sites record and reveal: the maya tracked celestial cycles in order to worship the mayan gods associated with celestial bodies. This structure has 365 steps (which shows that the mayans were aware of the suns annual cycle). The annual serpent-pattern of light & shade tracks the time of year (e. g. on the equinoxes, light and shadows create a full serpent body which ends at. El caracol: openings in the observatory dome are aligned to the n-most & s-most setting positions of the planet venus (allowed maya to measure the duration of. Venus" full path in the sky- 584 days) Mayan bark books: durable books containing listings of historical events, including celestial events (e. g. The dresden codex contains mayan dates of the full eclipse cycle and the venus cycle) 2012: mayan calendar notation ends on december 21, 2012. This is not based on any astronomical cycle.
