
The Mystery of the Year
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Unraveling the Julian Calendar's Mysteries
This chapter explores the historical origins of the Julian calendar established by Julius Caesar and examines its unique quirks, such as the misalignment of month names with their numeric order. It further investigates the original Roman calendar, which only had ten months, shedding light on the confusion regarding the names of September to December.
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Transcript

What is a year, and how did we learn to track it? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli chart the evolution of calendars, from lunar to Gregorian, and even ponder timekeeping on Mars, with insights from history, religion, and science.
