Ancient Maya had a more accurate calendar than ours
The ancient Maya engineered a calendar system that measured the solar year with extraordinary precision, outshining the accuracy of the modern Gregorian calendar.
The ancient Maya developed a calendar system more precise than the modern Gregorian calendar. Their Haab' solar calendar, combined with the Tzolkin ritual calendar, calculated the solar year at 365.2420 days. This is remarkably close to today's measurement of 365.2422 days, making it more accurate than the Gregorian calendar's 365.2425 days per year.
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