Maya: The Civilization That Built Time | Zero, Calendars & the Sky

Описание: What if a civilization didn’t just measure time …
but built its entire world around it ?

For most ancient societies, mathematics and calendars were tools to survive the seasons.
But deep in the tropical forests of Central America, the Maya turned time itself into a cosmic machine.

In this episode, we explore how the ancient Maya:
Discovered and used zero as a positional number,
Built a base-20 system tailored for calendar calculation,
Created three interlocking calendars — Tzolkin, Haab and the Long Count,
Aligned their pyramids and observatories with solstices, equinoxes and the 584-day cycle of Venus.

From the Pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza
to the observatory at Uaxactún and the pages of the Dresden Codex,
we follow the hard scientific evidence behind Maya genius —
and ask why their understanding of time and the sky was centuries ahead of its age.

But there’s a darker question underneath:
If they could read the heavens with such precision,
why did this advanced civilization abandon its great cities in the 9th century CE?

Deforestation, drought, overpopulation, political collapse, crisis of faith…
Modern science points to a perfect storm —
yet the full answer may lie not only in climate data,
but in the Maya belief system itself.

In the next episode of this series,
we’ll turn to that darker side of their genius:
the mystical universe of the Maya,
the Sky Serpent Kukulkan,
and the blood rituals that bound them to the cosmos.

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