Aztec Calendar in Focus

Because of 2012 end of the world tales, the Aztec calendar has come into interest. It is considered a Mesoamerica calendar; however, it doesn't hold as much interest as the 2012 Mayan calendar which is believed by many to predict the end of the world to be coming in the year of 2012.

The calendars formulated by the Aztecs include a calendar that depicts a year count of 365 days based on the sun which the Aztecs used as their agricultural calendar. Their sacred calendar consisted of a day count calendar that depicts their 260 day ritual cycle. When combining these two cycles together the calendar round was developed which presents a 52 year century.

This video somewhat explains the calendar of the Aztecs and what they desire to pass on to future generations.

We have searched and searched and we can't find a thing that is even partially believable about Aztec predictions for 2012 except that maybe we can expect earthquakes. What we did find, it is the Aztec civilization is an interesting culture to study.

They were deep into mythology and even practiced human sacrifice as part of their religion at the time of Spanish conquest. They were somewhat advanced in agriculture, architecture and arts in the pre-Columbian era. However, the Aztecs were not nearly as advanced as the Mayan civilization of that era in regard to astrology and the written Mayan language . They mostly used symbols in their documentations.

You can learn alot more 2012 information here.

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