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27 pages of results. 21. The Dresden Codex and Velikovsky's Catastrophe Dates [Journals] [SIS Review]
... the year -2840 and the other is somewhat more confidently dated at -1558 in September. These dates are, of course, based on the assumption that the date for a third great catastrophe was -687/03/23, as proposed by Velikovsky. References 1. N. K. Owen: "On the Reconstruction of Calendarial Sections of Mayan Codices", Estudios de Cultura Maya, Vol. 8 (1970). pp. 175-202. 2. F. G. Lounsbury: "Maya Numeration, Computation, and Calendrical Astronomy", Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol. 15, Supplement (New York: Scribners, 1978). 3. W. Gates: ...
22. "Worlds in Collision" and the Prince of Denmark: II. Hamlet and Meso-American Myth [Journals] [SIS Review]
... fathers, And thus it is that we have endured All the sufferings that you imposed upon us. And thus it is that you are all lost; We shall kill you. There is no one left who can manage to save you," They were told then. [44] Let us now summarise the general structure of the Mayan narrative. If we reduce the doubled characters to a single person in each case - one father, one son, one lord of Hell - we have a tale in which the parent of the hero is tricked and murdered by an envious enemy associated with Hell. The hero is ignorant of the truth, but eventually it is disclosed ...
23. The Mesoamerican Record [Journals] [Pensee]
... the idea that "when the site was first built the intention was that it should serve its function for a predetermined span of time, such as eight 50-year periods or four 100-year cycles" (Heizer, 1960: 220). This seems less implausible when we consider the central importance of the 400-year cycle (baktun) to the Classic Mayans and the evidence of ritual destruction at the end of them. The fact seems to be that this kind of interpretation, when applied to sites of the period of La Venta, affords the spectacle of the catastrophists and the uniformitarians approaching from opposite directions and meeting at the same place. Velikovsky has argued that the obsessional fear connected with ...
24. The Celestial Clock [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... Contents The Celestial Clock www.celestialclock.com The Celestial Clock employs a unified theory of natural cyclicity, which reaches apocalyptic proportions in every 11,500 - 23,000 years. The book reveals the sacred symbology of the Seven Stars of Pleiades, serpents, dragons, scorpions, lamb and bull along with indisputable scientific proof that the Mayan Calendar is based on the 23,000 year ice volume collapse cycles recently discovered in ocean sedimentation and ice core drill down studies from Greenland and Antarctica. It is the dominant cycle of the "100,000" year Milankovitch ice age theory. The ancient prophets, seers, shamans, and medicine men knew about these natural apocalyptic ...
25. Velikovsky's 360 days/year calendar [Journals] [SIS Internet Digest]
... Egypt to Maya, from India to China. I want to know whether this really true or not. Please let me know if you know ancient (< BC1500) calendar which is counted 365 days per year. Thanks. Yusuke From: edwardeck@delphi.com Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:57:11 -0500 Mayans used a number of calendars based on a number of different cycles, see the books by Coe, among others. One of their many calendars was a 365 day calendar, but they also used a 360-day calendar to measure historical dates. They counted forward in 365 day years, but counted past dates using a 360-day year. Any ...
26. Maya Cosmos: A Saturnian Interpretation [Journals] [Aeon]
... = God THE MAYA It is well known that the Maya were accomplished architects, artists, mathematicians, and astronomers, as skillful as any civilization of the day and more advanced than many. However, it is not often appreciated how far back in time their civilization existed. Just this past September 2000, the initial archaeological report for the Mayan city called Cancuen, (can-ku-win) was released.Originally discovered in 1911, and ignored for lack of interest, it is now thought that it will take 10 years to excavate. The city includes a three-story-high palace, each 32 meters (66 ft) high, and contains a total of 170 rooms! [5 ] The ...
27. The origin of the sacred 260 day calendar of the early Mesoamerican civilisations: a hypothesis [Journals] [SIS Review]
... the Long Count system which is a count of the number of days that have elapsed from a theoretical starting date in 3113 BC; the days are counted by means of a vigesimal (base twenty) system linked to a 360 day tun' approximating the year. Decipherment of these date series was the first major step towards decipherment of the Mayan language written in glyphs; in fact, for many years it was thought that all the glyphs were calendrical and that no other details of history were recorded. In addition to the Long Count date glyphs, the full date sequence on the Classic Maya monuments also includes a tripartite supplementary series; the first part of the supplementary series relates ...
28. Society News. C&C Review 2002:1 [Journals] [SIS Review]
... Comalcalco (see C&CR 1999:1 ) and the North American site of Rochester Creek. Comalcalco has produced much evidence which suggests that there were trans-continental contacts, despite the conventional doctrine of development in isolation. Questions still unanswered are to what extent the two world hemispheres were connected and in what direction was the primary contact. Most Mayan sites are constructed of limestone and there are very few examples of fired brick, most of which could be post conquest, but Comalcalco is unusual in having at least 30,000 fired bricks in its construction. Many of these bore designs which had been impressed on them while wet but were not meant to be seen once part of ...
29. Bookshelf. C&C Review 2002:1 [Journals] [SIS Review]
... reveal secret teachings of the original Christians which were suppressed by the Roman Church because they relate the myth of a lost Christian goddess. The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse By David Webster, Thames & Hudson, 2002, £19 95 The latest archaeological research is used to explain the collapse of the Mayan culture as due to unsustainable stress on their environment. Continued from p. 39 Catastrophobia: The Truth Behind Earth Changes in the Coming Age of Light By Barbara Hand Clow, Bear & Company, 2001 A detailed but rather esoteric study of the evidence for ancient catastrophes around 11,500 years ago. It includes consideration that the psyche ...
30. Monitor [Journals] [SIS Review]
... 2 Horizon 4.11.97, National Geographic Jan. 98, geographica Caves in Honduras, dated to 1400BC, contain stacks of human bones, pots and trinkets and indicate that an early, previously unknown, civilisation arose in the area and possibly continued until the Spanish conquest. Although their sophisticated ceramic and stonework sometimes showed Olmec and Mayan influence, they mostly had a unique design and decoration. The presence of ball courts indicates that they shared a religion with neighbouring peoples but they appear to have lacked the latter's highly stratified society and mass human sacrifice. This more egalitarian society may have enabled them to withstand better the stresses of climate change, population growth and incoming peoples ...
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