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This question has been raised many times before, with slightly different wording. You chose the phrase “tip prime,” which needs to be defined.Most tennis players and sports writers define “prime” as being that period in an athlete’s career where they reached the top of their game (as evidenced by winning a Slam or achieving their highest ranking) and continuing until their age starts to limit them physically.Since we are focusing on these three all-time greats, we should compare them to what other all-time greats do at the start of their careers. Most multiple Slam winners win their first title before they turn 23 (List of Grand Slam singles champions in Open Era with age of first title - Wikipedia.) Federer won his first slam just before he turned 22. Djokovic won his first slam four months before he turned 21. Nadal won his first Slam as he turned 19.I believe that once a player wins a slam we have to consider that the beginning of their prime. (On the other hand, some players - Wawrinka, for example - underachieve for years before they finally combine the right attitude, training and coach to break through mentally and play their best tennis. They may have passed their physical peak, but the breakthrough is where you have to measure their prime.)I would also argue that a player’s prime ends at 28 years of age. The proof is that only a handful of the greatest players of the Open Era have won more than one slam after the age of 28. The exceptions are Laver, Rosewall, Newcombe, Connors, Sampras, Agassi, Wawrinka, Federer and Nadal. Djokovic turned 29 as the 2016 French Open began and won that event. He hasn’t won another title since then.If you want to know who is the greatest player of the three in their “primes,” the answer is clear. I did a deep dive into this subject by looking at each of the players’ head-to-head records during their prime. The margins are very, very close, but the order still comes out the same as their grand slam records: 1) Federer; 2) Nadal; and 3) Djokovic: Lon Shapiro's answer to At their peaks, how would you rank Nadal, Djokovic and Federer?For those people who argue for Djokovic, the biggest problem is he only dominates Federer and Nadal during his magical 2011 season, staying #1 for 53 weeks starting in July 2011. He was passed by Federer in 2012, regains #1 for 48 weeks in November 2012 and gets passed again by Nadal in October 2013.That’s only a total of 101 weeks at #1 while Federer and Nadal are in their primes. (Djokovic’s longest streak at #1 (122 weeks) comes between July 2014 and November 2016, at precisely the worst periods of Nadal’s and Federer’s play.)Nadal is ranked #1 on three separate occasions (2008, 2010, 2013) for a total of 141 weeks. That puts him clearly above Djokovic.Federer was ranked #1 (with Nadal #2), between July 2005 and August 2008, again in 2009, and again in 2012, approximately 221 weeks. For those who want to use the “weaker era” argument, Nadal from age 19 to 22 was a far greater opponent than the older, weakened versions of Nadal and Federer from 2014–2016. His record is still clearly better than Djokovic.So what is a “tip prime?” My guess is you are describing what most people call a player’s “peak.” The difficulty with the word peak is to know where to draw the lines that define it. Is it one match? Is it one tournament? Is it a season? An entire year? Or some arbitrary number of months or year?The next problem is to compare one player’s peak to another. Djokovic might have had an amazing 2015 season, but Nadal (20 losses, no Slams past the quarters) and Federer (11 losses, including Seppi, Kyrgios, Wawrinkia, Ramos-Vinolas) were not playing anywhere near their old level.A lot of people have written about which player had the greatest single season, and most of them focus on Federer 2005, Federer 2006, Djokovic 2011, Connors 1974, McEnroe 1984, and Laver 1969 in the Open Era.Because you asked for the “tip prime,” I would like to analyze the best portion of each player’s best seasons.Here are the greatest seasons for these players: Federer (2005), Federer (2006), Nadal (2008), Nadal (2010), Djokovic (2011), Nadal (2013), and Djokovic (2015). There are amazing things to be pulled from parts of each of these seasons.Here are the all-time peaks for each player. I’ll list them in reverse order:Honorable Mention, Nadal 2010: Nadal was 71–10, won 3 Grand Slams and 7 titles overall. However, this is the biggest what-if season. Nadal was recovering from the injuries that ended his 2009 season. He came back to the circuit, losing in the finals of Qatar, before defaulting in the Australian Open quarter-finals. Was he unwise to come back so quickly, or did he get hurt during the tournament? What makes this season special is Nadal might have won the calendar Slam, as he went on to with the next three Grand Slams.Nadals’s tip prime: starting with Monte Carlo, Nadal went was 42–3 (93.3%), with 3 consecutive Slams and 6 titles out of 9 tournaments.#6 Djokovic 2015–2016: Djokovic was 82–6, won 11 tournaments, with 3 Grand Slams and the ATP Finals. While others regard this one of the all-time great seasons, it happened against a greatly diminished Nadal and a 34-year-old Federer who beat him three times that year. He had a bad loss that year against Karlovic in Qatar.But the worst thing was blowing his chance to win a calendar Slam by losing to Stan Wawrinka in the finals of Roland Garros. In 2016 (again with Nadal and Federer no longer a factor), he won the Australian and the French to hold all four titles at the same time. But bad losses kept popping up every third week, so he never had a real run of invincibility. And after winning the French, he only won one more tournament the rest of the year, while Murray took over the #1 ranking.Djokovic’s tip prime: From the 2015 Australian Open to the 2016 French Open, Djokovic won all four Slams, compiling a record of 118–8 (93.6%), and winning 12 of 16 tournaments.#5 Nadal 2013: Nadal was 75–7, won 10 tournaments and 2 Grand Slams. It doesn’t boast the same gaudy numbers as Federer and Djokovic’s best seasons, but there are a number of reasons I ranked it fourth overall:For the second time in his career, he came back from an injury that sidelined him since Wimbledon 2012 and regained the #1 rankingAfter being dominated by the younger Djokovic, he reversed their psychological dynamic beating the #1 player at the French, the Rogers Cup and at the US Open.Nadal’s tip prime: starting at the Brazil Open, Nadal played himself back into shape, winning two of three Slams, compiling a record of 56–2 (96.5%) and winning 10 out of 12 tournaments.#4 Nadal 2008: Nadal was 82-11, won 8 tournaments, 2 Grand Slams and the Olympic Gold Medal. While the overall season isn’t regarded as highly as some of the others, there’s a fantastic streak in the middle marked by the following special achievements:In spite of a freak loss to Juan Carlos Ferrero in Rome, Nadal won the last two clay court tournaments and finished it with one of the most dominating performances in the history of finals at Roland Garros, beating Federer 6–1, 6–3, 6–0.Nadal made a rare seamless transition to grass, winning the Artois Championships, followed by his legendary 9–7 in the fifth win over Federer at WimbledonNadal was still getting beaten by a lot of different players on hard courts that year, but put together a terrific run where he won the Canadian Open and then the Bejing Olympics.Nadal’s tip prime: starting with a Davis Cup match in April, Nadal won two consecutive Slams, plus a Gold Medal on three different surfaces, compiling a record of 52–2 (96.2%) and winning 8 out of 10 tournaments. Because Nadal won three “majors” (most people consider the Olympics almost as important as the Slams), on three different surfaces, I gave it the slightest edge over 2013.#3 Federer 2005–2006: Federer won 11 titles, and 2 Grand Slams. His 81–4 record makes this season as close as a tennis player will ever come to perfection because:Federer held at least one match point in three of his losses (Safin 9-7 in the fifth, Gasquet 7–6 in the third, and Nalbandian 7–6 in the fifth). That’s three points away from being 84–1, with 13 titles and the chance to win 3 Grand Slams and the Masters finals. (The only match where he didn’t have a chance to win was a four-set loss to Nadal at the French Open.)In the fall, Federer was injured in a training session, suffering torn ligaments in his ankle. After pulling out from Madrid, Basel and Paris and being confined to a cast and crutches for several weeks, Federer agreed to go to Shanghai for the Masters Finals after five top players pulled out due to injury or family matters. He was unsure if he would be able to play even two days from the start of the tournament, and somehow hobbled through the tournament before losing to Nalbandian in the finals.The loss ended his 35-match winning streak, and broke his record of 24 consecutive finals won. 2005 Roger Federer tennis season - WikipediaIn 2006, he won the Australian Open and another 15 straight matches.Federer’s tip prime: from the French Open semi-finals until his loss in the 2006 finals at Dubai, Federer won three consecutive Slams, compiling a record of 50–1 (98.0%), and winning 7 titles out of 8 tournaments. Or, you could count until his loss in Monte Carlos for a 68–2 (97.1%), winning 9 of 11 tournaments. Either way, it’s razor close to being the all-time best run of invincibility, but I still think it’s only number three.#2 Djokovic 2011: people overlook this season, focusing on 2015. But there is no comparison between the level of competition in 2011 and 2015. In 2011, Nadal is 25 and in his prime as the #1 player in the world. Federer is 29, turning 30 that August, and still formidable. Djokovic was 70–6, with 10 titles and 3 grand Slams. Injuries may have slowed him down, losing 4 matches to end the year, but here’s why it is by far his all-time best season:Djokovic was 7–16 head to head against Nadal, including 0–8 on clay. Djokovic was playing so great, he beat the Spaniard twice on the dirt, and went 6–0 overall against Nadal that year.In December 2010, Djokovic led Serbia to its first Davis Cup title, giving him a burst of confidence that would carry him to his greatest heights.Adding his 2 Davis Cup singles wins, Djokovic ran off 43 straight wins to start the 2011 season, for the fifth longest win streak in history.Federer bested Djokovic in four tough sets at the French Open semi-finals, which ended his streak, but he came back and won 15 straight matches, including Wimbledon, before retiring against Murray in the finals at Cincinnati.Djokovic recovered again to win the U.S. Open, hitting the riskiest (luckiest?) serve return winner I’ve ever seen when down match point in the semis against Federer.Djokovic’s tip prime: Including Davis Cup, Djokovic went on a 66–2 run (97.0%), including 43 straight wins, with 3 Slams and 10 titles out of 12 tournaments played. Or, if you want to cut off his record before the second loss, Djokovic went on a 58–1 run (98.27%), with 2 Slams and 9 titles out of 11 tournaments.#1: Federer 2006–2007: Federer won 12 titles, 3 Grand Slams and the ATP Finals. His 92–5 record is .005 lower than 2005, but is even more incredible, as only two players in the world won matches against him, a 20-year-old Nadal, already the greatest clay court player in history, and a rising Andy Murray, about to enter the top 15. The season is notable for the following reasons:Out of 17 tournaments, he only lost one match that wasn’t in the finals.Out of his 5 losses, four would come against Nadal, of which 3 were on clay. (He beat Nadal once on grass and once indoors that year).Federer held match point against Nadal in the finals of Rome, but lost 7–6 in the fifth set.This might have been Federer’s best chance to win the calendar Slam, reaching a fourth set tie breaker in the final against Nadal.Federer’s tip prime: Federer started the season 32–1, winning the Australian and three other titles. After losing three clay court finals to Nadal including the French, Federer won 3 consecutive Slams, compiling a 59–1 record (98.33%), including 41 straight wins, and won 10 titles out of 11 tournaments played.Notes: the difference between Federer and Djokovic’s best runs really comes down to microscopic differences: 1) Djokovic lost to Federer at Roland Garros, instead of getting the chance to test Nadal; and 2) Federer was up two sets to love and match point at the US Open; and 3) Federer won three consecutive Slams while losing only one match over a period of seven months, while Djokovic won three non-consecutive Slams while losing two matches over a nine month period.

It's really hard to nail down day-by-day passenger experience at any given airport, except with basically anecdotal information. Let me explain why, and then I'll venture a couple of guesses regarding why Thanksgiving in particular is worse than other holidays for air travel.First, there are a few factors that really can't change very much that have a bearing on an airport's daily throughput:The "airport acceptance rate" (maximum number of arrivals per hour that can be safely accommodated on a perfect weather day, with each landing aircraft being provided legal separation from the next).The airlines' schedules (they really can't add flights just for one or two days a year, mainly because of the first bullet and secondarily because they're usually flying just about every flyable aircraft they own or lease on a daily basis)The size of the airplanes used on each route (as above, they only operate so many of each type, so just because they could fill a bigger plane doesn't mean they have one to swap in)The "load factor" (percentage of seats filled on a given flight. It used to be that, to be economically viable, most flights had to average about 75 to 80% full. These days, 90% -- and sometimes more -- seems to be becoming the new normal, and that's with reducing the seat pitch, i.e., space between rows, to squeeze in more)So, there's very little flexibility from day to day at any airport. Why, then, does the Thanksgiving holiday wind up insanely busy? Here's my take:The load factors will be pushed to the maximum; that translates into at least 7 or 8% more people than would be at the airport on a normal day anyway. This is at least in part due to everybody who wants to fly somewhere trying to do so in the same narrow window of time.A lot of the people who are traveling do not do so very often; they are unfamiliar with the spaces, the crowds, and the processes, and their confusion translates into disorganized movement and stopping in the middle of walking spaces to try to get their bearings.The security checkpoints have some "surge" capability, but when they're maxed out using every lane during holiday rushes, back-ups are inevitable, especially as one gets close to the clusters of the most popular departure times (when "banks" of airplanes are departing, launching on their first flights of the day or from dropping off one planeload and picking up another).A fair number of the people who are traveling around holiday periods either are families with children (who don't move with the same purpose, discipline, or bored familiarity as regular adult flyers) or elderly passengers (who don't move as fast as younger people and usually aren't as impatient, either).Finally, like most large international hub airports, San Francisco International serves a large traveling population to and from overseas locations who really don't care that one particular Thursday is incredibly busy with U.S. domestic traffic. (I imagine it's kind of a nasty surprise for them when they wind up in the middle of it.) That traffic doesn't stop as much as you might think during holiday rushes; business goes on around the world, and some U.S.-based foreign nationals like to take advantage of the lull in Stateside work activity to head home themselves for a few days.Thanksgiving is always a popular travel time, in spite of the inconveniences and frustrations that go along with it. This link (Page on amazonaws.com) compares November 2012 and November 2013 data from SFO. Even though the calendar years' comparison for those two years shows a slight decline, or at least flatlined growth, November 2013 showed respectable growth in pretty much every category. This effect sometimes shows up in December data as well, but Christmas holidays tend to spread passenger traffic over a much larger period before and after Christmas itself instead of concentrating the bulk of it into a five-day window (Wednesday-Sunday).Circling back to your original question, then, you can see that about the only way you can have some peace of mind when flying around Thanksgiving is to simply accept the fact that things will be nuts -- even as you're simply trying to get to the airport (by BART, car or oxcart) -- and get there WAY early. You can check your flight's departure time at Flight Status | www.flysfo.com. It's really hard to figure out just how busy a given departure time is going to be just by looking at a Web page like this, but some -- like SFO's -- let you do one or two tricks that can help at least a little.The density of crowds is at least partially tied to the popularity/number of flights offered at a given time by the airline you're flying with (or the terminal you'll be leaving, if the airline isn't one of the larger ones serving the airport). At SFO, United is about the biggest kid on the block; that means they have more space of their own to work with for check-in and so forth, but also that they're more likely to have lots of departures at about the same time as your flight. You can gauge that by going to the above link, sorting on "United," and looking at just United departures. Count up how many departures are within about 20 minutes before or after your scheduled departure time. If there are a lot, increase your lead time for arriving at the airport and getting through security, because you're going to have plenty of company.In my experience, even on a typical day SFO is pretty congested starting about 90 minutes before its first big cluster of departures... in other words, between 4:00 and 4:30 AM. Things thin out for a while after about 7:30 AM, then start picking up at around 9:30 and stay heavy until about noon. Early to mid-afternoon is downright civilized, but by 2:30 or 3:00 it gets busy again. I'd expect Thanksgiving to reflect a similar pattern, but on steroids.For future planning purposes, it might be good to look into the two other Bay Area options -- Oakland and San Jose. Both have put quite a bit of money into their facilities over the past several years, and both have fairly good connectivity with popular destinations. They'll suffer the same elbow-to-elbow issues around holidays, of course, but the sheer numbers of people involved are smaller, so you might find it a bit more manageable at a personal level.Finally, consider flying on Thanksgiving itself; I've done that several times, and it's an awful lot more pleasant experience than swimming in the maelstrom on Wednesday and Sunday!

Egyptian CalendarThe Egyptians are generally credited with devising the earliest known http://256.com/gray/docs/calendar.html#: 4236 B.C., the founding of the Egyptian calendar. Dividing the day into 24 hours was an Egyptian idea. They took math very seriously working out complicated equations, geometry, fractions and even the decimal system. They invented the clock, metal pipes, of all things the toilet seats, looms, potters wheel, carpentry tools, scissors, keys, toothpaste, cement, devised reservoirs, irrigation systems, measured flood levels and last but not least they started the 365 day calendar.The ancient civil Egyptian calendar dates back to the 5th Millennium, known as the Annus Vagus or "Wandering Year". The Ancient Egyptian astrologers had long studied the stars which helped them in forecasting the seasons of flood and sowing which was vital to the prosperity of Egypt. The astronomers identified the planets in the solar system and also took great interest in the stars. The brightest star in the Egyptian sky was Sirius. Sirius disappeared for a 70 day period and reappeared on the eastern horizon on July 19th which also coincided with the Nile floods.This was therefore the date of New Year's Day for the Ancient Egyptians. The Ancient Egyptians had a great interest in the passing of time and how this effected vital events such as the annual flooding of the Nile.Akhet was the time of the year that the Nile flooded. The name 'Akhet' literally means inundation. This occurred normally between July and December. During this time irrigation canals redirected water from the Nile to the more arid areas.Proyet was the time of the year when the Nile receded. Because the temperatures were much cooler than other times of the year this was the perfect time for the farmers to sow their crops. Proyet occurred normally from December to March.Shumo was summertime for the Egyptians. Lasting from March to July it was a dry time when the crops were harvested and was often one of the busiest times of the year. Because the crops were now in it was also the time when the tax collectors showed up for the Pharaoh's share.Bronze Age Sky DiskA group of German scientists has deciphered the meaning of one of the most spectacular archaeological discoveries in recent years: The mystery-shrouded sky disc of Nebra was used as an advanced astronomical clock. The purpose of the 3,600 year-old sky disc of Nebra, which caused a world-wide sensation when it was brought to the attention of the German public in 2002, is no longer a matter of speculation.The Nebra disk may have been a ritual object or, more likely a calculating tool used with observations at Goseck or a similar site to determine planting and harvest times. The arrival of the stars in the night sky showed that it was time to start bringing in the harvest.The disc was originally smeared with rotten eggs. These would have caused a chemical reaction on its bronze surface, which would have turned the disc's background a deep violet color simulating a night sky out of which the gold-embossed stars would have shone.The third arc on the disk is also highly interesting. The ancients did not understand how the sun could set in the west and end up in the east the next morning. Representations of a disk in a ship, from Bronze Age Egypt and Scandinavia, reveal an age-old belief that a ship carried the sun across the night sky. The Nebra disk is the first evidence of such a faith in central Europe.Chinese CalendarThe Chinese calendar is a luni-solar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. It is not exclusive to China, but followed by many other Asian cultures as well.The mysterious Chinese calendar however has links with many different dimensions starting from astrology and agriculture to the solar terms and the four seasons. It is primarily a calendar that is still used for the purpose of marking traditional events such as the Chinese New Year which is probably the most important event for the Chinese.The calendar is based upon the Five Elements (metal, wood, water, fire,earth) concept which has been part of the Chinese concept of the essential components of the structure of the physical world. The other culturally important aspect of the ancient Chinese calendar is the zodiac animals that are assigned to each year.Animal Personality TraitsLegend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality.If you want to look up your Zodiac Sign here is a link.The Chinese calendar is still used today to choose the most auspicious date for a wedding or the opening of a building. Because each month follows one cycle of the moon, it is also used to determine the phases of the moon.Bulgarian CalendarThe Ancient Bulgarian Calendar - 5505 years BC It is known that the ancient Bulgarians knew the basic laws of motion of the planets and the Earth around the Sun perfectly, and because of that they possess the most impeccable calendar ever created. The ancient Bulgarian calendar is based on observations of Jupiter and the Sun and is more precise than the modern Western (Gregorian) calendar we use today. The Bulgarians are the people with the most ancient system of measuring time – a fact, which indicates their early civilizing force. One of the primary uses of the early Bulgarian Calendar was to recognize the reign of each emperor.For its 1400 years of statehood history and interesting geopolitical location, forming a strategic bridge between Asia and Europe, the ancient kingdom saw a long succession of invaders, conquerors, traders and settlers, who mingled with the ancient civilization and left their marks and artifacts for the future generation and the world to finally discover.The Huns, in their travels, may have brought the Chinese method of timekeeping to Bulgaria. What is little known to most people is the striking resemblance of the Bulgarian calendar to the Chinese zodiac. If you look at the ancient calendar above you see that it is comprised of twelve signs, one for each month and each corresponding to an animal similar to the Chinese calendar.The Babylonian CalendarThe Babylonian calendar is one of the greatest achievements of Antiquity: it combines a solar and a lunar cycle in such a way that the beginning of the year never wanders far from the Spring equinox. The basic theoretical principle is well-known: in a cycle of nineteen years, we have twelve years of twelve lunar months and seven years of thirteen months.Theoretically, dates in ancient Babylonian texts can be converted to our calendar; Babylonia (Babylonian Bâbili,"gate of God"; Old Persian Babirush),Was the ancient country of Mesopotamia, known originally as Sumer and later as Sumer and Akkad, lying between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, south of modern Baghdâd, Iraq.The Babylonians excelled at astronomy. Many of the constellations that we see in the sky were first categorized by them. The kept careful records and recorded celestial events under the belief they could shape future events. Under Hammurabi the Lawgiver, in 1800 B.C., star catalogs and planetary records were compiled.Ziggurat or sky observatoryThe Neo-Babylonian used Ziggurat's as observatories and mapped the night time sky into constellations. They developed the 12 signs of the zodiac, recorded the motions of the planets and even predicted eclipses.The Sumerian administration needed a time unit comprising the whole agricultural cycle; for example, from the delivery of new barley and the settling of pertinent accounts to the next crop. This financial year began about two months after barley cutting. For other purposes, a year began before or with the harvest. This fluctuating and discontinuous year was not precise enough for the meticulous accounting of Sumerian scribes, who by 2400 B.C.E. already used the schematic year of 30 x 12 = 360 days.At about the same time, the idea of a royal year took precise shape, beginning probably at the time of barley harvest, when the king celebrated the new (agricultural) year by offering first fruits to gods in expectation of their blessings for the year. When, in the course of this year, some royal exploit (conquest, temple building, and so on) demonstrated that the fates had been fixed favorably by the celestial powers, the year was named accordingly.Trundholm Sun ChariotSun chariot, one of the most famous Bronze Age artifacts from Denmark. The sun chariot depicts a horse-drawn, six-wheeled wagon in cast bronze with a gold-covered sun disk that displays a spiral motif The sculpture is dated by the Nationalmuseet to about 1400 BC, though other dates have been suggested. The belief is that the disk was designed by a person with some measure of astronomic knowledge and that the sculpture functioned as a calendar. There is some school of thought that the Sun Chariot indicates that the sun, stars and earth are in perpetual motion.The Sun Chariot illustrates the idea that the sun was drawn on its eternal journey by a divine horse. The two sides of the disk are considered as representations of the sun, on a chariot pulled by a horse across the heavens from East to West during the day, showing its bright side, the gilded one. During the night, it returns from West to East , showing his “dark side” to the Earth. A sun image and the horse have been placed on wheels to symbolize the motion of the sun.Sol (Sun) is called "the bride of the sky" , across which she journeys daily in a chariot drawn by the horses Arvak and Alsvid, the chariot itself fashioned by the gods from a spark that flew out of Muspellsheim (Norse mythology means realm of fire). The Bronze Age Trundholm sun-chariot indicates that the daily journey of Sun's horse-drawn chariot was an important component in Northern Europe's ancient sun-cult. Julius Caesar, in his simplified account of Germanic religion, reports that the Germans worshiped fire (or Vulcan), together with the sun and the moon, an indication (among many others) that solar religion must have been more significant in earlier periods. Sol will be swallowed at Ragnarok by the wolf Skoll/Fenrir , but her daughter will eventually take her place in the reordered world . In the language of men the sun is called Sol; in the language of the gods she is called Sunna, which is also her name in the Second Merseburg Charm.So revered is the Sun Chariot that it is the motif on the 1000-krone banknote.Phaistos DiskAlthough there has been some controversy over the authenticity of the Disk it is widely believed to be genuine and is on display in the Heraklion Museum of Crete, Greece. Numerous theories have been suggested and range from the Phaistos Disk being a prayer token to a calendar to a message from ancient aliens. A recent and quite plausible theory is that it was a coded message that was read and then disposed of by dropping it into the pits. If this is the case it would represent one of the earliest forms of sophisticated encryption.Genetic DiskThese are very strange artifacts from Colombia. They do not fit any existing pre-Colombian culture, the artifacts are considered to be at least 6,000 years old. To date there is no explanation as to what kind of technology was used to make such instruments and tools from lydite.On the disk there are carvings that describes the astonishing knowledge of our ancestors. The disk was examined by the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Vera Hammer, expert for precious stones analyzed the object.On the edge of the disk there are symbols of a snake. There is a hole in the middle of the disk which give some indication that it may have been fixed to a rod or a stick and then turned so both sides could be seen. One side shows biological detail suchas sperms, female egg cells and genitals, the fertilized egg, fetus and a growing embryo. The other side shows what could be interpreted as cell division and the depiction of frog creatures at different stages.It could be that this is a calendar that shows different phases of human life and evolution. Very significant are the distant lying eyes and the broad nose which is characteristic of the embryonic structure of the head.Many scientist cried fraud when the disks was first discovered but this is not at all unusual when something does not fit into what we have been taught or what is out of the ordinary. There are many ancient relics that reside in museums around that globe that defy conventional explanation that have been quietly put into various museums. It seems that historians and academics would occasionally relegate these ancient technologies to a shelf in the museum storage room rather then attempt to explain them.Hindu CalendarPanchang is formed from two Hindu words, Panch and Ang. Panch means five and ang means limbs. Therefore,Panchang means five limbs. Panchang is a book of tables that lists the days of every month along with astronomical data and calculations. On the basis of this data, the days of Hindu festivals are fixed. It also mentions the auspicious days for marriages and special ceremonies.In the “Brahma-Vaivarta Purana”, Lord Krishna tells Ganga Devi that a Golden Age will come in the Kali Yuga - one of the four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of eras, as described in Hindu scriptures. Lord Krishna predicted that this Golden Age will start 5,000 years after the beginning of the Kali Yuga, and will last for 10,000 years.Mayan Calendar Matches Hindu CalendarIt is interesting that this prediction of the emergence of a new world is prophesied to appear about the same time that the Mayans predicted it to come! The Mayan calendar began with the Fifth Great Cycle in 3114 BC and will end on 21 December 2012 AD. The Hindu Kali Yuga calendar began on 18 February 3102 B.C. There is only a difference of 12 years between the Hindu's beginning of the Kali Yuga and the Mayans beginning of the Fifth Great Cycle.Golden Age Could Begin in 2012The ancient Hindus mainly used lunar calendars but also used solar calendars. If an average lunar year equals 354.36 days, then this would be about 5270 lunar years from the time when the Kali Yuga started until 21 Dec 2012. This is the same year that the Mayans predict rebirth of our planet. It is also about 5113 solar years of 365.24 days per year, and is day number 1,867,817 into the Kali Yuga. By either solar or lunar years, we are over 5,000 years into the Kali Yuga and it is time for Lord Krishna's prophecy to happen according to the ancient Hindu scriptures. Lord Krishna's Golden Age could easily begin in 2012!Mayan Prophecy Matches Hindu ProphecyIt is amazing that both calendars began at about the same time over 5,000 years ago and both calendars predict a totally new world and/or golden age after about 5,000 years into their calendars! These two calendars seem to give us a strong indication that a new era, a new dimension is arriving in 2012. Historically, this is an amazing fact since these two ancient cultures did not have any contact.Jewish CalendarWhat does a calendar do? The simplest answer to this question is that it measures time. It also gives a sense of ‘controlling’ time which is another way of saying one has control of one’s life. But more than this, calendars were often produced for the purpose of worship, which is one of the primary focuses of the Jewish Calendar.The Number 7 is a special number in Scripture and symbolizes divine perfection or completion. It is woven into every aspect of the Hebrew calendar. The Sabbath is observed on the 7th day of the week and every seventh year God decreed a Sabbatical year, and every seventh sabbatical year was considered a Jubilee year. Seven weeks after the Passover came the feast of Pentecost. The feast of Tabernacles, which is the last feast and completes the cycle, lasts for seven days. The seventh month is known as Tishri, and it contains the most holy days within the Hebrew calendar. Today they are referred to as the "High Holy Days."The Lord indeed created time yet He dwelt in a dimension that is beyond time and space. Time and space is where the sovereign God would meet with His highest creation, man.Muslim CalendarThe Islamic Calendar, is as old as Islam. It dates back to the oldest known civilization. God in the Quran tells us that , our religion, Islam, is the oldest and same religion known to mankind. All God's prophets and messengers came with the same message of submission, to submit to the One and only God.Reviewing the history of calendars show that, when God created the universe, He created the Lunar and Solar calendar. It might be interesting to know that God used the word "MONTH" 12 times and the word "DAY" 365 times throughout the Quran.In ancient Arab culture, there were traditionally four months during which the tribes agreed to an amnesty on any ongoing fighting. During the months of Muharram, Rajab, Dhul-Qi'dah, and Dhul-Hijjah, any battles were to be automatically suspended in order to allow for trade and travel in the area. This tradition was upheld in Islam, and these four months are called the “forbidden months.” However, if only one side observes the automatic truce and the other side continues fighting, the party observing the truce is obliged to defend itself.Hopi CalendarThe Hopi religious calendar begins anew each year in November with the Kelmuya season. Only those who have been initiated into "manhood"may participate in the ceremonies, which celebrate the creation of the present world, the Fourth World. Kelmuya (November) Fourth World Creation, Month of the SparrowHawk, Native Americans followed the movements of the celestial markers - much as we do today. They called it Star Knowledge. Beyond the land where they lived, was the sky, and that beyond were dimensional portals or sky holes. Beyond that was an area that they called the Ocean of Pitch, were the beauty of the night sky and the galaxies spun out towards them. Beyond that were the boundaries of the universe. And that set along the rim at the boundaries of the universe were 4 different extraterrestrial groups.The Hopis called the Pleiadians the Chuhukon, meaning those who cling together. They considered themselves direct descendants of the Pleiadians. The Navajos named the Pleiades the Sparkling Suns or the Delyahey, the home of the Black God. The Iroquois pray to them for happiness. The Cree claim they came to earth from the stars in spirit form first and then became flesh and blood.Zuni CalendarThe Zuni year is divided into two seasons, inaugurated by the solstices, each of which is composed of six months--lunations, subdivided into three ten-day periods. The significations of the month names are interesting: the month of the winter solstice, which is the beginning of the year, is called Turning-Back, in reference to the Sun Father’s return from the south; it is followed by Limbs-of-the-Trees-Broken-by Snow, No-Snow-in-the-Road, Little-Wind, Big-Wind, and No-Name. For the remaining half of the year, these appellations, though now inappropriate, are used again, the months of the second half-year being, strictly speaking, nameless.Both Zuni and Hopi have priests whose special duty is to observe the annual course of the sun, and hence to determine the dates for the great festivals of the winter and summer solstices. The Zuni sun priest uses as his gnomon a petrified stump which stands at the outskirts of the village, and at which he sprinkles meal and makes his morning prayers to the sun, until, on the day when that luminary rises at a certain point of Corn Mountain, the priesthood is informed of the approaching change. Every fourth morning, for twenty days, the sun priest offers prayer-plumes to the Sun Father, the Moon Mother, and to departed sun priests.Cherokee CalendarWe are all made of stars. In Cherokee belief, the departed souls arise into the sky to become stars, and it is from the stars that souls come to earth to be born as children. The planets, stars, and constellations, the "Star People" showing their faces at the birth of a child, speak to his or her strengths and weaknesses and to destiny's role for that individual.The link between the People and the stars, between Earth and Heaven, is so strong that it's even claimed that our ancestors came to earth "from the Pleiades." At the end of the Seventh World, it's said that we will return to our home in the sky.Aztec [Sun] CalendarThe Aztec calendar was an alteration of the Mayan calendar. It consisted of a 365 day agricultural calendar as well as a 260-day sacred calendar. It is currently on display at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico City, Mexico. What’s fascinating about this calendar is that every year has a “no time” period-days “outside the calendar” to freely celebrate life. There are a total of five “nameless days” at the end of every Mayan solar year. This is supposed to be a phase of transition and preparation for the next year. Most people mistakenly believe the Aztec and the Mayans were philosophically and geographically kindred spirits. That is not the case at all, to read about the differences between the Aztec and Maya click here.Mayan CalendarAncient Maya Calendar Modern depiction of Ancient CalendarIncredibly, the Maya understood that our world turned, but they also knew that it was only a part of a larger solar system that moved independently through our galaxy. This end-date of the Long Count Calendar December 21, 2012 marks the coming of a truly rare cosmic event that will occur when this procession of the equinoxes positions our solar system in the very center of our galaxy when Earth will cross the ecliptic path of the sun.The world is talking about what will happen on this date, however, not everyone is looking forward to it with the same set of expectations. For some, 2012 hints at a coming apocalypse but more optimistic views believe that, as the Maya claimed, we would begin to experience some form of spiritual awakening, perhaps initiated by some cosmic event or compelling miracle. But, we have no way of knowing for sure what effects these cosmic events will have on Earth, as the last time an alignment like this took place was over 150,000 years ago!The notion of 2012 being the end of the world is actually fairly new, it was first suggested by New Age religionist José Argüelles in his 1987 book The Mayan Factor: 'Path Beyond Technology'. You can rest assured that when you wake up on Dec 22, 2012 there may have been a change in the cosmic universe but the earth as you know it will be intact!Gregorian CalendarThe Gregorian Calendar is what the vast majority of the world uses today. The original goal of the Gregorian calendar was to change the date of Easter.In 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII introduced his Gregorian calendar, Europe adhered to the Julian calendar, first implemented by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. Since the Roman emperor’s system miscalculated the length of the solar year by 11 minutes, the calendar had since fallen out of sync with the seasons. This concerned Gregory because it meant that Easter, traditionally observed on March 21, fell further away from the spring equinox with each passing year.1. Leap years don’t really occur every four years in the Gregorian calendar.2. The Gregorian calendar differs from the solar year by 26 seconds per year.3. Some Protestants viewed the Gregorian calendar as a Catholic plot.4. Britain’s adoption of the Gregorian calendar sparked riots and protest.5. Before the Gregorian calendar’s adoption, the English new year began on March 25, or Lady Day.The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII , after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter gravissimas. The reformed calendar was adopted later that year by a handful of countries, with other countries adopting it over the following centuries. The motivation for the Gregorian reform was that the Julian calendar assumes that the time between vernal equinoxes is 365.25 days, when in fact it is presently almost exactly 11 minutes shorter. The error between these values accumulated at the rate of about three days every four centuries, resulting in the equinox occurring on March 11 (an accumulated error of about 10 days) and moving steadily earlier in the Julian calendar at the time of the Gregorian reform. Since the Spring equinox was tied to the celebration of Easter, the Roman Catholic Church considered that this steady movement in the date of the equinox was undesirable, hence the birth of the Gregorian Calendar.SourceBronze Age Sky DiscThe Kids Pages; Interesting Facts on Ancient Egyptians for ChildrenInteresting Calendar FactsRotation & Revolution and CalendarsPage on helium.comAncient CalendarsOther Ancient Calendars | CalendarsAmazing Art of Ancient CalendarsBronze Age Sky DiscThe Zuni and Hopi CalendarThe Zuni and Hopi CalendarThe Islamic CalendarIncredible Discovery - The World's Most Accurate Calendar20 Ancient Calendars to Screw up the Apocalypse Timetable - EgoTVOverview - Ancient Hebrew Calendarhttp://sjkt-keruh.blogspot.com/2011/04/it-is-5113-years-had-elapsed-in-hindu.html