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How was the tzolkin calendar made?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The Tzolkin calendar consists of 260 days. 260 is the product of 20 and 13. The Mayans used a numbering system with a base of 20, and they believed that there were 13 layers in the underworld.

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