The reason I said they'd carried it back was that this stone carving was absolutely enormous!
It was disk-shaped, made entirely from the finest spirit material, Purple Emperor Copper!
Its surface was covered in mottled verdigris, along with claw marks of varying depths. It was obvious at a glance that this carving had weathered countless storms and endured the ravages of time!
A sense of antiquity hit them as they approached. The carving was covered not only in dense Mayan Ancient Text, but also in exquisite engravings!
Everyone hurried over, letting out cries of amazement!
Jiang Nan swallowed. "This is on a whole different level from those depressing posts on social media. The material alone is worth a pretty penny!"
Wildcat pressed a hand to her forehead. "Is the material really the important part? Hurry up and see what it says!"
Jiang Nan quickly examined it. The reason it was called a prophetic carving was that it featured a calendar far more advanced than anything from its time!
The events were recorded on the carving in concentric circles!
The closer an event was to the center, the farther into the future it was prophesied to occur!
The prophetic carving used one of the special calendars unique to the Mayan Civilization, the Tzolk'in Calendar!
It was also known as the Divine Calendar or Sacrificial Calendar. A month had twenty days, and a year had 260 days!
Unlike the Solar Calendar used today, which had 365 days in a year!
Jiang Nan scratched his head. "(?.?????) These really are prophecies. I'll have to convert the dates!"
His gaze fell on the outermost circle. This part didn't record prophecies, but briefly described events that had already happened, almost like a diary!
After converting the date, it was roughly three thousand years ago, near