Countdown to 2012: Genesis Long Count


	Countdown to 2012: Genesis Long Count

Moonowler

3-18-2008 11:09 PM

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stars, sky, cosmology, history, bible, religion, 2012

Moonowler says:

In 551 BCE, the vernal point was transiting the head-stars of the Ram. In the time of Alexander the Great, two centuries later, it still in this region, and had been remarked by skywatchers for some time.

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