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“Maximus spoke in a clear, proud voice. "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridas, Commander of the Army of the North, gerneral of the Western Armies, loyal servant to the true Emperor, Marcus Aurelius." The Colosseum was completely silent. Then he turned to Commodus and spoke more quietly. " I am father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, and I will punish their killer, in this life or the next." (S. 48)”
― Gladiator
― Gladiator
“the Maya knew the time taken by the moon to orbit the earth. Their estimate of this period was 29.528395 days – extremely close to the true figure of 29.530588 days computed by the finest modern methods.11 The Mayan priests also had in their possession very accurate tables for the prediction of solar and lunar eclipses and were aware that these could occur only within plus or minus eighteen days of the node (when the moon’s path crosses the apparent path of the sun).”
― Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
― Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
“Olmecs had worked out the principle of the wheel,”
― Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
― Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
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