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The Maya Calendar Had A Way To Predict Eclipses That Was Accurate For Centuriesfour pages divded in multiple boxes shows the mayan ieroglyps corresponding to the lunar phases and eclipses.

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The Maya Calendar Had A Way To Predict Eclipses That Was Accurate For Centuriesfour pages divded in multiple boxes shows the mayan ieroglyps corresponding to the lunar phases and eclipses.
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The Maya Calendar Had A Way To Predict Eclipses That Was Accurate For Centuries

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In 1792, France Made A New Calender Based On Science and Secularism – And Nobody Liked ItBlack and White etching: During the French Revolution, a prisoner sits in the middle of a crowded prison room as a woman nearby pleads with an official. Aquatint and etching by A. Riffaut after Ch. Muller.

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In 1792, France Made A New Calender Based On Science and Secularism – And Nobody Liked ItBlack and White etching: During the French Revolution, a prisoner sits in the middle of a crowded prison room as a woman nearby pleads with an official. Aquatint and etching by A. Riffaut after Ch. Muller.
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In 1792, France Made A New Calendar Based On Science and Secularism – And Nobody Liked It

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46 BCE: Julius Caesar's "Year Of Confusion" Was 80 Days Longer Than NormalA statue of Julius Caesar, ancient Roman emperor, against a blue sky background.

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46 BCE: Julius Caesar's "Year Of Confusion" Was 80 Days Longer Than NormalA statue of Julius Caesar, ancient Roman emperor, against a blue sky background.
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46 BCE: Julius Caesar's "Year Of Confusion" Was 80 Days Longer Than Normal

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Why Are Christmas And New Year Not On The Same Day?A nativity scene.

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Why Are Christmas And New Year Not On The Same Day?A nativity scene.
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Why Are Christmas And New Year Not On The Same Day?

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"World’s Oldest Calendar" May Depict Catastrophic Comet Impact 13,000 Years AgoCarvings at Göbekli Tepe

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"World’s Oldest Calendar" May Depict Catastrophic Comet Impact 13,000 Years AgoCarvings at Göbekli Tepe
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"World’s Oldest Calendar" May Depict Catastrophic Comet Impact 13,000 Years Ago

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The "Calendar Riots": The Myth And Truth Of Britain's Missing 11 DaysCropped image of An Election Entertainment, a painting by William Hogarth

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The "Calendar Riots": The Myth And Truth Of Britain's Missing 11 DaysCropped image of An Election Entertainment, a painting by William Hogarth
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The "Calendar Riots": The Myth And Truth Of Britain's Missing 11 Days

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Why October Is Missing 10 Days In The Year 1582 On Your PhoneOctober 1582 calendar on iPhone missing 10 days.

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Why October Is Missing 10 Days In The Year 1582 On Your PhoneOctober 1582 calendar on iPhone missing 10 days.
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October 1582: Why October Is Missing 10 Days In The Year 1582 On Your Phone

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Gravitational Wave Research Helps Demystify Ancient Antikythera MechanismA clockwork wheel is seen at the center stuck to a square. Both of them show the effect of millennia under water

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Gravitational Wave Research Helps Demystify Ancient Antikythera MechanismA clockwork wheel is seen at the center stuck to a square. Both of them show the effect of millennia under water
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Gravitational Wave Research Helps Demystify Ancient Antikythera Mechanism

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This Handy Animation Shows What Would Happen If We Didn't Have Leap YearsA clockface.

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This Handy Animation Shows What Would Happen If We Didn't Have Leap YearsA clockface.
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This Handy Animation Shows What Would Happen If We Didn't Have Leap Years

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Would You Accept A New Calendar With 13 Months?A photo of a red and white calendar on a table. The pages of the calendar are flicking as though they are blowing in the wind suggesting that time is moving.

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Would You Accept A New Calendar With 13 Months?A photo of a red and white calendar on a table. The pages of the calendar are flicking as though they are blowing in the wind suggesting that time is moving.
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Would You Accept A New Calendar With 13 Months?

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Ethiopia Is Currently Living Through The Year 2016The number "2016" written in sparklers.

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Ethiopia Is Currently Living Through The Year 2016The number "2016" written in sparklers.
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Ethiopia Is Currently Living Through The Year 2016

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October 5-14 1582: The Ten Days That Didn't HappenA clock face, with hands pointing towards 12.

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October 5-14 1582: The Ten Days That Didn't HappenA clock face, with hands pointing towards 12.
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October 5-14 1582: The Ten Days That Didn't Happen

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How And When The World Will End, According To The Aztec Sun StoneA close up of an Aztec calendar stone.

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How And When The World Will End, According To The Aztec Sun StoneA close up of an Aztec calendar stone.
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How And When The World Will End, According To The Aztec Sun Stone

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We Finally Know How The Maya Calendar Matches Up With The PlanetsMaya calendar planets

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We Finally Know How The Maya Calendar Matches Up With The PlanetsMaya calendar planets
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We Finally Know How The Maya Calendar Matches Up With The Planets

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Ancient Maya Structures Were Aligned To A Mysterious 260-Day Calendar3D image of the site of Aguada Fenix in Central America based on LiDAR.

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Ancient Maya Structures Were Aligned To A Mysterious 260-Day Calendar3D image of the site of Aguada Fenix in Central America based on LiDAR.
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Ancient Maya Structures Were Aligned To A Mysterious 260-Day Calendar

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