Oldest reference to the famous Mayan calendar found in Guatemala

During excavations at the ancient pyramid ‘Las Pinturas’ in San Bartolo, a small Mayan city in Guatemala, researchers have discovered a calendar fragment that may date back to the Mayan era. It is an ancient hieroglyph with the symbols for ‘Day 7 Deer’, one of the 260 days on the Tzolkin, a famous Mayan calendar.

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