Re: Palenque, Chichen Itza and more

Posted by Sarbajit Roy (testing) on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Palenque-Chichen-Itza-and-more-tp4971563p4975919.html

Quote:
"One thing they got wrong astronomically is a diddling point, but "Apocalypto" depicts a Solar Eclipse one day then that night a Full Moon. Nope, impossible! As any stargazer worth her telescope can tell you, Solar Eclipsi are only possible when the moon is in the new phase, which is the opposite of a Full Moon. Now I know Gibson wanted the artistic look of the moonlight through the leaves in the forest, but this was glaringly inaccurate. Especially if you're an amateur astronomer."

http://www.blackwebportal.com/wire/DA.cfm?ArticleID=2830

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Tom Johnson <[hidden email]> wrote:

I think there is still much to be learned, especially about pre-contact North-South trade routes and, hence, cultural diffusion.  I have a recent interest in, for example, the use/role of lienzos (see www.lienzo.ufm.edu) during that period.  And there are relatively new discoveries at places like El Mirador in Guatemala.

REC: Plz tell us more about how/why "The astronomy was impossible"?

-tj

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