Almanac: Ancient Cycles

Every day, as the ancients counted it. Almanac names any day from 10,000 BC to AD 3000 the way the Maya, the Egyptians, and the astronomers of China and Islam counted it, and shows when sixteen ancient sites, from Göbekli Tepe to Machu Picchu, line up with the sun, the moon and the stars. TURN THE WHEELS OF TIME • Spin the Maya, Egyptian, Islamic and Chinese calendar wheels with your finger and watch the days go round. • Count the Maya Long Count up and down, and find when any Calendar Round last came round and when it comes next. • Follow the Sothic cycle, as Sirius's rising walks round the Egyptian year over the centuries. • Turn the moon through its month. On the day of a solar eclipse, watch the sun slide in behind the new moon and the sky darken. • Type a date in any calendar, from 13.0.0.0.0 to 1 Thoth or 1 Muharram. WHERE STONE MEETS SKY • Sixteen sites, including Stonehenge,…