« Reply #34 on: December 03, 2012, 11:20:12 PM »
Who says they failed ?
They may have just decided it wasn't important enough for the calender.
For that matter, there are an awful lot of Mayans still around.
That means the culture didn't die, it adapted to changed circumstances.
Or the village chisel-sharpener died before his apprentice's training was complete.


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