Luke Caverns

They got killed by an attack from Calakmul, another competing city. But he says – I'm better than that. I'm the reborn avatar of the first of our triad of patron deities for the city. And he ties himself back to a place where Venus was rising in the exact same constellation. And the distance is like 3,000 years.

And he mathematically or astronomically dates back what the birth of that guy that we just call God-1 is. And Palenque and Pakalwar, he ties himself to the same rise of Venus and says, I am him reborn, and here's the astronomical proof, which is pretty dang complex for people that we think are somehow lesser than the other great civilizations.

And he mathematically or astronomically dates back what the birth of that guy that we just call God-1 is. And Palenque and Pakalwar, he ties himself to the same rise of Venus and says, I am him reborn, and here's the astronomical proof, which is pretty dang complex for people that we think are somehow lesser than the other great civilizations.

And he mathematically or astronomically dates back what the birth of that guy that we just call God-1 is. And Palenque and Pakalwar, he ties himself to the same rise of Venus and says, I am him reborn, and here's the astronomical proof, which is pretty dang complex for people that we think are somehow lesser than the other great civilizations.

You know, it really is confusing. I've been trying to figure it out for 30 years, and there are still aspects of the Maya calendar which confuse me.

You know, it really is confusing. I've been trying to figure it out for 30 years, and there are still aspects of the Maya calendar which confuse me.

You know, it really is confusing. I've been trying to figure it out for 30 years, and there are still aspects of the Maya calendar which confuse me.

Well, I'd use the word elegant in that regard, that they have a positional system of numeration like we do, where we have the ones, the tens, the hundreds, the thousands, ten thousands, so on. They do it by 20s, but they only have three symbols. They have a bar, they have a dot, and they have a symbol for zero, which changes from a shell to a flower. They can alternate. But we have 10 symbols.

Well, I'd use the word elegant in that regard, that they have a positional system of numeration like we do, where we have the ones, the tens, the hundreds, the thousands, ten thousands, so on. They do it by 20s, but they only have three symbols. They have a bar, they have a dot, and they have a symbol for zero, which changes from a shell to a flower. They can alternate. But we have 10 symbols.

Well, I'd use the word elegant in that regard, that they have a positional system of numeration like we do, where we have the ones, the tens, the hundreds, the thousands, ten thousands, so on. They do it by 20s, but they only have three symbols. They have a bar, they have a dot, and they have a symbol for zero, which changes from a shell to a flower. They can alternate. But we have 10 symbols.

We have one through nine and then zero. And we can write any number as big as we want approaching affinity. They can do the same thing, but it's really only three symbols. So in that regard, it's more elegant. Yeah, but it's also – People get pissed off when I say that their system was more sophisticated than ours. So let's go with elegant.

We have one through nine and then zero. And we can write any number as big as we want approaching affinity. They can do the same thing, but it's really only three symbols. So in that regard, it's more elegant. Yeah, but it's also – People get pissed off when I say that their system was more sophisticated than ours. So let's go with elegant.

We have one through nine and then zero. And we can write any number as big as we want approaching affinity. They can do the same thing, but it's really only three symbols. So in that regard, it's more elegant. Yeah, but it's also – People get pissed off when I say that their system was more sophisticated than ours. So let's go with elegant.

Oh, that's a very long answer. We've got plenty of time. No, we can see that their system begins with a foundation. First, they have a counting system, which they decide is 20, not 10. That's one proof that they're not being overly influenced by the old world. I mean, why would they come up with a completely different base system?

Oh, that's a very long answer. We've got plenty of time. No, we can see that their system begins with a foundation. First, they have a counting system, which they decide is 20, not 10. That's one proof that they're not being overly influenced by the old world. I mean, why would they come up with a completely different base system?

Oh, that's a very long answer. We've got plenty of time. No, we can see that their system begins with a foundation. First, they have a counting system, which they decide is 20, not 10. That's one proof that they're not being overly influenced by the old world. I mean, why would they come up with a completely different base system?

Um, from there they can count things and they start using it to count primarily the days. I mean, we know they're counting all sorts of things probably in the market as well, but we see them counting the days and then they decide they want to make a year. They want to make a, a cycle. that they can talk about one year to the next, but they don't pick the solar cycle at first.

Um, from there they can count things and they start using it to count primarily the days. I mean, we know they're counting all sorts of things probably in the market as well, but we see them counting the days and then they decide they want to make a year. They want to make a, a cycle. that they can talk about one year to the next, but they don't pick the solar cycle at first.

Um, from there they can count things and they start using it to count primarily the days. I mean, we know they're counting all sorts of things probably in the market as well, but we see them counting the days and then they decide they want to make a year. They want to make a, a cycle. that they can talk about one year to the next, but they don't pick the solar cycle at first.

They pick a number 260. That's their sacred calendar. It's called the Sol King or the Chol Ki, depending on whose language you're talking in. All of Mesoamerica does it, not just the Maya. It begins with the Maya or the Olmec, and then it goes everywhere in Mesoamerica until contact. So it's the most important one.