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To find the Long Count date that corresponds with any Gregorian date, you'll need to count the days from the beginning of the last Great Cycle. But determining when the last cycle began and matching that up to a Gregorian date is quite a feat.
English anthropologist Sir Eric Thompson looked to the Spanish Inquisition to calculate the Mayan-to-Gregorian date conversion, known as the Thompson Correlation. Events that occurred during the Inquisition were recorded on both the Mayan Long Count calendar and the Gregorian calendar. Scholars then gathered dates that matched on both calendars and compared them to the Dresden Codex, one of four Mayan documents that survived the Inquisition. This codex confirmed the date long thought by Thompson to be the beginning of the current Great Cycle -- Aug. 13, 3114 B.C.
In recent years, as the conclusion of the Long Count calendar approaches on Dec. 12, 2012, doomsday theorists have predicted the worst. That Gregorian date is denoted as 13.0.0.0.0 on the Long Count, signaling the end of the current Great Cycle.
HowStuffWorks - The Long Count Calendar
Originally posted by cry93
reply to post by Caver78
Maybe so. I will not debate one way or the other because I am looking at this in one context.
The Nine, IMO, is real and will return.
edit on 7-7-2012 by cry93 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Caver78
Originally posted by cry93
reply to post by Caver78
Maybe so. I will not debate one way or the other because I am looking at this in one context.
The Nine, IMO, is real and will return.
edit on 7-7-2012 by cry93 because: (no reason given)
No Problem, just a heads up for people interested. I wasn't disparaging the Nine.
Forgot to add, if you add in the ''Blue Moons' to the calandar, you come up with way different numbers than either the julian or gregorian timelines.edit on 7-7-2012 by Caver78 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by fallow the light
reply to post by troubleshooter
No one knows the day nor time of Christs coming........ but who said that the Mayans where talking about that?
Originally posted by 08051962
This current baktun ends on July 14th correct?
That's what I have marked on my calendar anyway...
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Originally posted by avatard
With all of the 2012 threads poppin up in the last hour I thought Id throw in my 6 cents. I read about a block that was found with the 12-21-2012 date inscribed that also indicated the return of the 9 gods. Ancient Aliens also had a bit on it. Supposedly, the Dresden codex had been partially destroyed so they couldnt read the end, but had speculated that ,that is what it meant. Then finding the block during the end of last year, they figured out that it actually meant what they thought. The story of Quetzalcoatl in my mind taught the ancient Maya the advanced knowledge they needed to make the calendars.
All other end of the world scenarios are specualtion in my opinion. I could be wrong. But as far as I know that block is the ONLY other reference to the date other than the Dresden. I will post some links, one is fron ABCnews so dont expect them to tell ya aliens are coming. Some say that it doesnt mean that. If the aliens came and landed, would our media even tell us, would we see it on youtube and it just fade away as fact or fiction? Unless they blew some stuff up and it was evident, like Puma Punku.
Last thing , I dont think most people realise that this isnt a wall calendar from maya mart, but a scary sophisticated accurate invention, and I feel whatever its signifigance as to the end date should be respected and not taken like a grain of salt. It is a very impressive thing that is beyond our direction of thought. AND Im no expert so DONT YELL AT ME. [>)
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Originally posted by ChaoticOrder
Originally posted by 08051962
This current baktun ends on July 14th correct?
That's what I have marked on my calendar anyway...
No I think it ends on the 21st of December... or the 12th of December. Not sure, the info I'm reading is mixed between those dates.