We went into NY City today to the Museum. There was an amazing exhibit: Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art. There were amazing pieces of art dating back almost 1500+ years.
What struck me as truly amazing, was the fact that the Mayans date the birth of the earth to August 11, 3114, BCE. That year is an interesting landmark. The Jewish calendar shows this year to be 5783. Taking the Mayan calculate year of creation and adding the Gregorian calendar year 2023, one arrives at the year 5137. The Gregorian calendar was first adopted in Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain in 1582, and is now universally accepted. The change to the Gregorian calendar was because the previous calendar was thought to be inaccurate. Thus the mere 546 years difference brings you to the question, how could two so diverse ethnic groups date the birth of the earth so similarly?
As a scientist, I "know" the earth is many millions of years old, and the Universe, billions. So why the mismatch, when 2 distinctly different societies are so similar in their calculations?
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@saragoodtimes i don't remember the Mona Lisa in the Met ever. It may be possible.
Interesting. It made it's public debut in 1963 at the met! I graduated for m college at that time and that as our of town in medical school, so would have missed that experience. I was one of millions to see her at the Louvre
@saragoodtimes Wow, i went to the Fair many times, don't remember the sculpture being there. It was where the Disney It's a Small World got its start, I also remember Ford showing off its advance safety features for cars, seat belts!
@samueltyler2 well before my time. guess there will never be another worlds fair. went to a Mets game with Dad and Grandpa and they told me about the sphere that was still there
@saragoodtimes the sphere and a couple of other remnants are still there. there was an attempt to run an upscale restaurant in the old NY State pavilion, but that failed.
