| The Tzolkin calendar, is a ancient Mayan calendar that | | | | also be seen in Mayan architecture, where we find |
| consist of 260 days in each period, these days are | | | | pyramids that are as if they were made with the help |
| made up with 20 days and 13 weeks. One week one | | | | of egyptians, mysterious indeed. |
| the Tzolkin calendar is the time it takes for the moon | | | | There were also the mayan long count calendar that |
| to complete an lunar circle and the 260 days are the | | | | have gained alot of popularity in recent years as this |
| time it takes for a women too complete a birth circle. | | | | calendar ends on the date of december 21st 2012, a |
| The names for the 20 tzolkin days are, Imix', ik', Ak'b'al, | | | | date that some believe will become the apocolypse. |
| K'an, Chikchan, Kimi, Manik', Lamat, Muluk, Ok, Chuwen, | | | | Many doomsday prophecies have been set to this |
| Eb, B'en, Ix, Men, K'ib', Kab'an, Etz'nab', Kawak and | | | | date. Hollywood even made a movie about this date in |
| Ajaw. The names are in the ancient Mayan language | | | | their movie 2012, which helped fuel the mystery |
| and the calendar with its 260 days and obscure | | | | surronding the Tzolkin calendar. |
| names for days, might seem farfetched from the | | | | So where can one download these mysterious and |
| Gregorian calendar that we use today. | | | | intriguing calendars for free online? |
| The Tzolkin calendar is also a beautiful piece of | | | | Well one such website is a blog that have both the |
| ancient mayan art, with glyphs that in many ways | | | | Tzolkin calendar and the Longcount calendar for |
| resembles the hyroglyphs known from the ancient | | | | download, and it's link is here. |
| egyptians. The similarities between these people can | | | | |