These Amazing Ancient Calendars
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A long time ago ancient calendars were a huge part of every culture...
How it happened was that inspired individuals from many of these ancient cultures sought out to watch the skies, the phases of the moon, and explore the planets and stars.
Being diligent sorts, they managed to keep track of this knowledge, and eventually recorded it into cool number and date based tools called ancient-calendars.
Nowadays, many of us are doing much the same. Our fascination for the unknown and the mysterious nature of the universe is still as strong as ever.
In all parts of the world, you'll find astronomers, star gazers, nature lovers, life scientists, and a whole collective cacophony of people who are fascinated by what makes life what it is.
Who wouldn't be fascinated by planets, sky travel, rivers on the moon and earthly changes, to name a few?
This awe like fascination provokes a strong motivation to learn and understand the natural world, and to keep discovering the whys and hows of life on planet earth... and beyond.
But anyway, let's explore those amazing calendars a little more...
Not Just Highly Skilled Astronomers...We'll start with the magical Mayan calendar. This page of Mayan calendars and resources will fascinate you. These guys were not only skilled astronomers and extremely accurate planetary observers, but they had their own numbering system, pictographic and hieroglyphic writing systems too.
Yeah, they knew the future, and beyond...
Mapping The Heavens...
Ok, so the Julian date calendar is not exactly an ancient type calendar, but it still gets a listing here. (Where else does it go?) Although the Julian calendar has been all but replaced by the Gregorian calendar, it's still occasionally used around the globe, especially for agriculture purposes.
Where Is This Magical Place?Just imagine walking through valleys of lush meadows, with waterfalls, brightly colored birds and animals, and flower gardens and beautiful sounds of nature and music playing in the distance...
Want to know more? This amazing Aztec calendar page reveals all...
