The American Egypt : a record of travel in Yucatan . ablet, they belong to the 53rd, 54th,and 55th great cycles. From these dates various subtractionsare made into which we have no space to go in detail. Inany case, according to the present mode of reckoning, theglyphs at Copan and Quirigua bear the highest numbers inthe chronological calendar, and thus those cities must be as-sumed to be the latest built, a proposition which, as we pointedout in Chapter XVII., is untenable. But whether or not this calendar system is really accurate(there are a great many serious discrepancies) has yet to bepr
The American Egypt : a record of travel in Yucatan . ablet, they belong to the 53rd, 54th,and 55th great cycles. From these dates various subtractionsare made into which we have no space to go in detail. Inany case, according to the present mode of reckoning, theglyphs at Copan and Quirigua bear the highest numbers inthe chronological calendar, and thus those cities must be as-sumed to be the latest built, a proposition which, as we pointedout in Chapter XVII., is untenable. But whether or not this calendar system is really accurate(there are a great many serious discrepancies) has yet to beproved. In the museums of America and Germany scholarshave striven hard to soundly base their theories ; while othershave done yeoman service in the field, and undergone greathardships in collecting material upon which these learnedmen might work. In their enthusiasm the latter have, withoutdoubt, blundered into deductions which are have detected similarities in glyphs which no other HIEROGLYPHICS AND PAINTINGSGreat Cycle Signs 311.
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