The “RMA” or “Real Mayan Annoyance” is something I’ve written about often. I should compile a list of some of its aliases, because I often mention that it’s “important to astronomy” only to have it elude me how to adequately demonstrate this. The name originally came from the fact that it started showing up atContinue reading “What is the “RMA” Really?”
Tag Archives: Mayan Calendars
From Chunhuhub to Stonehenge
Chunhuhub is one of those sites that like Xkipche, is good at getting my attention, although I don’t know how or why. I just look at photos and think, “Yes, this is something I’d really like to work on” although in fact notable structures at both Chunhuhub and Xkipche strike me as being rather spartanContinue reading “From Chunhuhub to Stonehenge”
Mayan Miscellaneous
On “Justification” Recently I have begun using the term “justification” to refer to an ever growing number of known instances where some of the otherwise questionable approximations I use turn out to be close approximations of actual numbers generated by from numbers known to have been used in ancient calendar systems. The term is newContinue reading “Mayan Miscellaneous”
Justified and Ancient
In the preceding post, I used the term “justify” to describe the near overlap between the numbers I work with, and numbers actually generated by various Mayan calendar formulas, which we assume could have also been used anywhere and everywhere else in the ancient world. Beyond knowing that this overlap may often take place, weContinue reading “Justified and Ancient”
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