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Decrypting Ancient Calendars
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Lectures - Decrypting Ancient Calendars

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Why do the months have different lengths and why is a week seven days long? Why do Ramadan and Easter move around? John Hamer of Toronto Centre Place takes a look at the Roman origins of our own calendar and compares it with systems developed by peoples as diverse as the Babylonians, Persians, Egyptians, and Mayans.

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