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Maya Calendar

2018/02/22

 by Christian Schoen · Published 2018/02/22 · Last modified 2019/04/17

The Maya Calendar – Part 7 – The Date in the Maya Inscriptions

This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the 2nd edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...

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Maya Calendar

2018/02/22

 by Christian Schoen · Published 2018/02/22 · Last modified 2019/04/17

The Maya Calendar – Part 6 – Numbers and Mathematics of the Maya – the Vigesimal System

This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the 2nd edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...

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Maya Calendar

2018/02/22

 by Christian Schoen · Published 2018/02/22 · Last modified 2023/10/29

The Maya Calendar – Part 5 – The Long Count in the Maya Inscriptions

This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the 2nd edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...

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Maya Calendar

2018/02/22

 by Christian Schoen · Published 2018/02/22 · Last modified 2019/04/17

The Maya Calendar – Part 4 – The Calendar Round

This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the 2nd edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...

Maya Calendar

2018/02/22

 by Christian Schoen · Published 2018/02/22 · Last modified 2019/04/17

The Maya Calendar – Part 3 -Tzolkin, the Sacred Calendar

This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the second edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...

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Maya Calendar

2018/02/22

 by Christian Schoen · Published 2018/02/22 · Last modified 2019/04/17

The Maya Calendar – Part 2 – Haab, the Solar Year

This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the second edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...

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Maya Calendar

2018/02/22

 by Christian Schoen · Published 2018/02/22 · Last modified 2019/04/17

The Maya Calendar – Part 1 – Introduction – How does it work?

This post “The Maya Calendar” is an excerpt of the second edition of my book “The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest”, a travel guide to the most important Maya sites...

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Books

2017/11/23

 by Christian Schoen · Published 2017/11/23 · Last modified 2019/04/17

The Ancient Maya – Sharer & Traxler – 6th Edition – Stanford University Press – 2006

This article about the book The Ancient Maya by Robert J. Sharer and Loa P. Traxler, is the first one of a series of articles about Maya books that I plan to publish during...

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Travel Advice

2016/08/27

 by Christian Schoen · Published 2016/08/27 · Last modified 2019/04/17

The Top 100 Travel Quotes – Inspirational Travel Quotes and Proverbs

Here you find more than 100 rare and famous travel quotes and sayings for your inspiration.  ————————— Have a plan and stick to it.Heinrich Harrer The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those...

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Travel Planning

2016/03/07

 by Christian Schoen · Published 2016/03/07 · Last modified 2025/07/14

Getting around Chiapas – Palenque, Bonampak, Yaxchilan

On the second part of the trip we are leaving the main tourist areas. The area becomes more “exotic” from here on. Most sites were founded during the preclassic area of the ancient Maya...

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