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gins with the same day, 1 Ahau. It also equals 13x8 
x 365 or 104 years and 13x5.x 584 or sixty-five revo- 
lutions of Venus. 
The three numbers to the left in F1, E1, and D1 are 
respectively 2,3, and 4 times 37,960. T = last number, 
151,840 days is therefore equal to 416 years or exactly 8 
calendar rounds of 18,980 days. 
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Fig. 47. Mayan Ceremony as represented in the Dres- 
den Codex. The figure at the left beats a drum while the 
one on the right plays a flageolet. |The sound is indicated 
by scrolls. The head on the pyramid is that of the Maize 
God and it rests upon the sign caban, meaning earth. 
The numbers in section 2 are more difficult to explain 
but they possibly have to do with corrections and correla- 
tions of astronomical periods. If we add to 1 Ahau 18 
Kayab which is recorded at the bottom of B we arrive at 
a day 1 Ahau 13 Mac. ‘This day is prominent in more 
detailed calculations elsewhere in the Dresden Codex. 
If we add to the same 1 Ahau 18 Kayab the number in E 
2 we arrive at 1 Ahau 18 Uo recorded at the bottom of C. 
Space permits no further explanation but the reader will 
see from the foregoing the method of experiment and 
cross checking that must be applied to the decipherment 
of the Mayan manuscripts. Fortunately, the relation- 
