Oldest Mayan Astronomical Calendar Discovered
The oldest-known version of the ancient Maya calendar has been discovered adorning a lavishly painted wall in the ruins of a city deep in the Guatemalan rainforest.
The hieroglyphs, painted in black and red, along with a colorful mural of a king and his mysterious attendants, seem to have been a sort of handy reference chart for court scribes in A.D. 800 — the astronomers and mathematicians of their day. Contrary to popular myth, this calendar isn’t a countdown to the end of the world in December 2012, the study researchers said.
“The Mayan calendar is going to keep going for billions, trillions, octillions of years into the future,” said archaeologist David Stuart of the University of Texas, who worked to decipher the glyphs. “Numbers we can’t even wrap our heads around.”
10th May 2012
Reblogged From fyeahcarlsagan
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Street Art
Stuff like this makes me miss Chicago. I’m not convinced that I’ll ever see a more beautiful city.
“I hate it when they say, He gave his life for his country. Nobody gives their life for anything. We steal the lives of these kids. We take it away from them. They don’t die for the honor and glory of their country. We kill them.”
— U.S Navy Admiral Gene LaRocque
My attempt at networking during SXSW
This is a rough draft but I’m releasing it anyway. I’ll continue to edit it on my own. Note: some names and details have been changed.
Every spring, the lower Colorado river swells under blue skies and mild temperatures. Frisbees fly freely in the fair…
I guess my name is Stephen now?
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Today, my exploration into the films of Woody Allen continues. This time it’s Everything you always wanted to know about sex* (*But were afraid to ask). The film, released in 1966, is composed of several hilarious vignettes. One of which includes Gene Wilder (who played Willy Wonka in the 1971 version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) as Dr. Ross, a physician who falls in love with a sheep.
I now have Cole Porter’s Let’s Misbehave stuck firmly in my head.
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In Dr. Seuss we trust. Beautiful.
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