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- noun In the Maya calendar, a period of 144 000 days (20 k’atun periods): 394.25 solar years.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The largest interval on the Long Count is called a b'ak'tun, which is around 144,000 days.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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The largest interval on the Long Count is called a b'ak'tun, which is around 144,000 days.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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The largest interval on the Long Count is called a b'ak'tun, which is around 144,000 days.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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The largest interval on the Long Count is called a b'ak'tun, which is around 144,000 days.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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The calendar resets each time it measures another b'ak'tun.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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The calendar resets each time it measures another b'ak'tun.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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The calendar resets each time it measures another b'ak'tun.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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The calendar resets each time it measures another b'ak'tun.
Jason Boyett: Is The 2012 Apocalypse Real? Jason Boyett 2012
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December 21, 2012 is simply the day that the next b'ak'tun starts.
Roland Emmerich's 2012 Viral - Institute for Human Continuity « FirstShowing.net 2008
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December 21 - 2012 The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the Maya civilization among others of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, completes its thirteenth b'ak'tun cycle since the calendar's mythical starting point equivalent to August 11, 3114 BC in the proleptic Gregorian calendar, according to the "GMT-correlation" JDN= 584283.
Must Watch: Teaser Trailer for Roland Emmerich's 2012! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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