Chapter 110: Mathematics and Calendrics, The Vanished Maya_3

Tikal revealed a deep nostalgia, coupled with a distant longing.

"The world was created in the origin year of '0,0,0,0,0.' The last digit is the 20-day period, the second-last is the 18-month period, and all others are 20-year periods. A long count calendar has 144,000 days. When 13 long count calendars have passed, it will herald the end of the entire era. Death brings rebirth to the next era, and everything will change! Perhaps the gods will return and rebuild the Divine Capital, Tikal!"

Upon hearing this, Xiulote slightly shook his head. 2012 was too far away; with the introduction of European diseases, the end of days for America would come soon. Mortals would die, and rebirth was uncertain as to where.

He silently calculated, engraving complex formulas on the ground. 13 times 144,000 days amounted to 5126 Sun Years. Was the Mayan doomsday on December 23, 2012? Then, did the Maya world originate on August 11, 3114 BC?