That's a wonderful story of delayed gratification. But here's the absolutely chilling part: the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar was so damn good that we can look at that date and know it meant September 3, 32 BC... to within a few days.
I'll explain how, quoting my friend Gro-Tsen (who alas chose Bluesky rather than Mastodon because it's easier to move your posts somewhere else).
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