The Egyptian calendar was a solar calendar with a 365 day year. The year consisted of three seasons of 120 days each. Each season was divided into four months of 30 days. These 12 months were initially numbered within season but came to also be known by the names of their principles festivals. Each month was divided into 3 ten …show more content…
The Mayan calendar was adopted by the other Mesoamerican nations. Such as Aztecs and the Toltec, which adopted the mechanics of the calendar unaltered but changed the names of the days of the weeks and months. The Mayan calendar uses three different dating systems in parallel, the long count, the divine calendar, and the civil calendar. Of these, only the civil calendar has a direct relationship to the length of the year.The Mayan calendar are methods of measuring time that were developed by the ancient Mayans. They rather impressive and have evoked the curiosity of many astronomy or archaeology experts. Although, this calendar has caused a great deal of controversy and frustration. All of the Mayan calendars served a