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1 of 15: Yes, this is probably the most difficult puzzle of the game.
2 of 15: If you're in "Game Player" mode, you even have to do it in 184 moves or less, although I've been told that some versions require you to do it in 153 moves or less. I will give you a solution for both cases.
3 of 15: As Tex already said, you have to match Mayan dates with modern dates.
4 of 15: Forget about encyclopedia's and other stuff like that. You have all you need to solve this. It's just a matter of calculating.
5 of 15: The things you need to solve this terrible thing are the plaque that was hanging on the wall, the culture book and the calendar book. Witt's notes may put you on the right track.
6 of 15: Well, here's how to do it.
7 of 15: From the plaque you can detect which Mayan months are displayed on the box.
8 of 15: From left to right they are Ahau, Chuen, Muluc and Men.
9 of 15: From the culture book you should know the Mayan number system and that there are 20 months of 13 days.
10 of 15: So the Mayan dates are Ahau 4, Chuen 10, Muluc 3 and Men 11.
11 of 15: Now suppose that the Mayan year starts on the same day as a modern year and that we are not in a leap year. So, the first day on the Mayan calendar is the 1st of January in the modern date system.
12 of 15: Using the calendar book you can calculate which day of the year each Mayan date represents. Just take the number of the month that comes before the date you want to translate to the modern system. Multiply it with 13 and add the day to it.
13 of 15: This results in the following: Ahau 4 = day 251, Chuen 10 = day 140, Muluc 3 = day 107, Men 11 = day 193.
14 of 15: Finally, you should find out which date corresponds to each of those days in the modern date system. You can do this by using a calendar or by subtracting from the day number the amount of days in each month of the year starting from January, then February and so on. Eventually you will end up with a number that's smaller than the amount of days in the next full month. This way you'll get the equivalent for the Mayan date in the modern date system. An example for day 251 would be : 251 - 31 - 28 - 31 - 30 - 31 - 30 - 31 - 31 = 8. So the date is September 8.
15 of 15: The complete solution is: Ahau 4 = September 8, Chuen 10 = May 20, Muluc 3 = April 17, Men 11 = July 12.
