Aztecs Could Postpone Doomsday, How is it Possible?
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To put that into context, it’s kind of like if today we all knew the world was ending on, say, August 19. It’s just a date; it turns up every year – and if we don’t want this to be the last one we see, we should probably do something to stop our impending doom halfway through summer break.
Indeed, while the Empire is mostly known today by way of its bloodthirsty reputation for ritual human sacrifice and decapitation-ball, Milbrath believed the real lesson from the ominous new interpretation of the Sun Stone is more scholarly than savage.
“They did perhaps have a more foreboding look on their future than people in today’s societies do. But the Aztecs were more sophisticated in terms of astronomy than people realize.” She said.
And for proof of that, look no further than the sneaky little get-out-of-apocalypse-free card they may have snuck into their predictions.
“When they created their mythology, they made sure that 4 Olin would never occur with an eclipse in their world. The possibility of purposeful manipulation should not be ignored.” Milbrath stated.